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Contents of chapter 49: • All the sons of Jacob receive blessings as covenanted sons All the sons of Jacob receive blessings as covenanted sons. • Reuben is removed from priority for his incestuous relationship with Jacob’s wife. • Simeon and Levi are diminished due to their using the S covenant sign of circumcision as violence and not reconciliation. • Judah will have the king line through his seed. • The remaining brothers receive • The remaining brothers receive their blessings from Jacob. • Jacob charges them regarding g g g his burial and then dies.

Genesis 35:22–26 (cf. 29:31–30:24): The Sons of Jacob (I srael) The Sons of Jacob (I srael) Jacob Leah Leah Bilhah Bilhah Zilphah Zilphah Rachel Rachel Reuben Dan Gad Joseph Reuben Dan Gad Joseph Simeon Naphtali Asher Benjamin Simeon Simeon Naphtali Asher Benjamin Simeon Naphtali Naphtali Asher Asher Benjamin Benjamin Levi Levi Judah (49:8–12) J d h J d h Judah Judah הָדוּהְי Issachar Issachar [ Yâhuwdah ]- Z b l Z b l Zebulun Zebulun “Let God be praised”

Genesis 49:9 “Judah is a lion’s whelp; from the prey, my son, from the prey, my son, you have gone up. He couches He couches, he lies down as a lion, and as a lion and as a lion, who dares rouse him up?”

Numbers 24:9 “He couches he lies down as a lion and as He couches, he lies down as a lion, and as a lion, who dares rouse him? Blessed is everyone who blesses you, and y y , cursed is everyone who curses you.” Genesis 12:3 Genesis 12:3 “And I will bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you I will curse. And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed.”

Ezekiel 19:1–2 “As for you, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel and say, ‘What was your mother? A li lioness ( איִבָל ) among lions ( הֵיְרַא )! She lay down ( ל ) li ( )! Sh l d among young lions ( ריִפְכּ –young or young lions), she reared her cubs ( רוּגּ )” she reared her cubs ( רוּגּ ).

• Isaiah 11:1 “Then a shoot will spring from the stem of Jesse, and a branch from his roots will t f J d b h f hi t ill bear fruit.” • Jeremiah 23:5–6 “ ‘Behold, the days are coming ’ declares the Lord ‘When I will raise coming, declares the Lord, When I will raise up for David a righteous Branch; and He will reign as king and act wisely and do justice and g g y j righteousness in the land. In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely; and this is His name by which He will be called, d thi i Hi b hi h H ill b ll d “The Lord our righteousness.” ’ ”

Hosea 5:14 “For I will be like a lion to Ephraim and like a young For I will be like a lion to Ephraim and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear to pieces and go away, I will carry away, and there will be none to deliver.” (cf. 13:6–8)

Revelation Revelation 5 5: :5 5 “… behold “… behold, the Lion that is , , the Lion that is from the tribe of Judah, from the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome the Root of David, has overcome so as to open the book so as to open the book and its seven seals.” and its seven seals.”

Revelation 5:6 “And I looked, behold, in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as though it had been slain, having seven horns and se en e es and seven eyes, which are the seven hich are the se en Spirits of God sent out into all the earth.” Revelation 5:12 “saying with a loud voice: ‘Worthy is the Lamb who was slain Worthy is the Lamb who was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom, and strength and honor and glory and blessing! blessing!’ Revelation 5:13 “And every creature which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, I heard saying: ‘Blessing and honor and glory and power be to Him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb, forever and h d h L b f d ever!’ ”

Revelation 1 1 Peter Peter 2 2: :24 24 5:5 “He “He Himself bore our sins Himself bore our sins in His own body on the cross in His own body on the cross,” y ,” , John 1 John 1: :29 29 “Behold “Behold! The Lamb of God Behold! The Lamb of God Behold ! The Lamb of God ! The Lamb of God who takes away who takes away the sin of the world the sin of the world!” !” Genesis Genesis 49:10

Isaiah Isaiah 11 11: :6 6 “The wolf also shall dwell with “The wolf also shall dwell with The wolf also shall dwell with The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, the leopard shall lie down the lamb, the leopard shall lie down with the young goat, with the young goat, the calf and the young lion and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; the fatling together; and and a little child shall lead them a little child shall lead them.”

Isaiah 65:25 Isaiah 65:25 “ ‘The “ ‘The wolf and the lamb shall feed together The The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, wolf and the lamb shall feed together wolf and the lamb shall feed together, the the lion shall eat straw like the ox, lion shall eat straw like the ox, and and dust shall be the serpent’s food. dust shall be the serpent’s food. p They shall not hurt nor destroy They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain in all My holy mountain,’ ” ,’ ” says says the Lord. the Lord.

Allen Ross– Genesis 49:10 “The scepter shall not depart The translation “to whom it belongs” may come The translation to whom it belongs may come from Judah nor the ruler’s staff from from Judah, nor the ruler s staff from from the Hebrew relative pronoun (se), a between his feet, until Shiloh comes, and to preposition (le), and a pronominal suffix (oh), him shall be the obedience of the peoples.” him shall be the obedience of the peoples. translated “who to him,” or “to whom it belongs.” דַע ויָלְגַר ןיֵבִּמ קֵקֹחְמוּ הָדוּהיִמ טֶבֵשׁ רוּסָי־אֹל הֹלּשׁוֹלשׁ ׃םיִמַּע תַהְקִּי וֹלְו הלֺיִשׁ אֹבָי־יִכּ הלֶּשׁ = וֹל + ֶשׁ וֹללֺשֹׁ הֹליִשׁ � Shiyloh � shee· lo � ל � “he “he whose it is, that which belongs hose it is that hich belongs to him; tranquility, rest”