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Genesis 43-50 (Translated) (view source)
Revision as of 02:19, January 4, 2010
, 02:19, January 4, 2010→Chapter 49
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|And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.
|And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.
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|[[Jacob]] called his sons, saying, "Gather 'round, because I'm going to tell you what's going to happen to you in the future."
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|Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.
|Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.
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|"Gather 'round, and hear, sons of Jacob, and listen to your father [[Israel]]."
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|Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:
|Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:
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|"[[Reuben]], you, my firstborn, my vigor, the beginning of my manhood, the surplus of dignity and surplus of strength,..."
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|Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.
|Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.
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|"...are ebullient, like water. You will not have a surplus. You went up to your father's bed, and then profaned it; you went up to ''my berth''."
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|Referring to Reuben's affair with [[Bilhah]].
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|Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.
|Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.
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|[[Simeon]] and [[Levi]], brothers: your broadswords are implements of wanton violence."
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|Not just any violence, but violence without good cause; referring to the massacre at [[Shechem]].
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|O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.
|O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.
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|"My soul must not enter into their deliberation, nor my honor be united in their assembly. In their anger they killed a man, and in their presumption they lamed an ox."
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|Literally, "the approval of them," often rendered "self-will."
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|Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
|Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
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|Let their anger stand accursed, for it was fierce; and their rage, because it was obstinate. I will apportion them in Jacob, and will scatter them in Israel."
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|Simeonite territory would be surrounded entirely by Judah-ite territory. The Levites would never have a discrete territory, but would have cities to call their own within the territories of other tribes.
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|Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before thee.
|Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before thee.
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|[[Judah]], you are the one whom your brothers shall acclaim. Your hand will be on the nape of the neck of your enemies; your father's children will bow down before you."
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|Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?
|Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?
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|"Judah is a lion's whelp. From the prey, my son, have you gone up. He bows and reclines like a lion, and like a parent lion, who will make him get up?"
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|Male lions are well known for their totally relaxed repose--until someone dares awaken them.
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|The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
|The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
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|The scepter shall not be withdrawn from Judah, nor a lawgiver's staff from between his feet, until he comes to Shiloh. To him will belong the Expectation of peoples.
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|[[Jesus Christ]] is, of course, that Expectation.
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|Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes:
|Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes:
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|"He is tying his colt to the vine, and his donkey's colt to the yellow muscatel grape. He launders his clothing in wine, and his coverlet in the blood of grapes."
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|A direct reference to Jesus' entry (in peace) into [[Jerusalem]] and the role of the blood of Christ in washing away a man's [[Sin (Fundamentalism)|sins]]. Muscatel grapes were the most expensive grapes then available.
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|His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.
|His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.
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|"His eyes will be flushed with wine, and his teeth white from milk."
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|Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon.
|Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon.
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|"[[Zebulun]] will encamp at the seaport. He will serve as a seaport, and his flank will stretch to [[Sidon]]."
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|The Zebulunites were to be a seafaring tribe.
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|Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:
|Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:
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|"[[Issachar]] is a ribbed donkey reclining between the hearthstones."
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|And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.
|And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.
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|"He sees that good resting place, and the land, that it is pleasant, and will stretch out his shoulder blade to bear a burden, and will become a servant and pay tribute."
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|Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
|Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
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|"[[Dan]] will adjudicate his people, as one of the tribes of Israel."
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|Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
|Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
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|"Dan shall become a serpent by the road, a horned snake on the path, one that bites the horse's heels, so that its rider falls backward."
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|I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.
|I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.
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|"I have waited for Your salvation, O [[YHWH|L<small>ORD</small>]]."
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|Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.
|Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.
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|"[[Gad]]: a raiding party will raid him, but he will win in the end."
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|Literally, "he will raid the heels of the raiders."
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|Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.
|Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.
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|"From [[Asher]], his bread will be nutritious, and he will yield luxuries fit for a king."
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|Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.
|Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.
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|[[Naphtali]] is a hind set free: he gives seemly sayings."
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|Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:
|Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:
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|"[[Joseph]] is a fruitful son, fruitful by a spring; his daughters run over the barricade."
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|The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:
|The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:
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|"The archers, being many, have been bitter toward him and begrudged him."
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|But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)
|But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)
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|"But his bow was located in the perennial stream, and the weapons in his hands were made supple by the hands of the Sturdy One of Jacob; from there comes the shepherding stone of Israel."
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|The Sturdy One is [[God]].
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|Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:
|Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:
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|By the [[God]] of your father, and he will help you, and the All-Sufficient One will bless you with blessings from the skies above, and with blessings from the abyss that lies beneath, and the blessings of the breasts and the womb."
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|The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.
|The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.
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|"The blessings of your father have won over even the blessings of my ancestors to the farthest boundary of the hills forever. They shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the scalp of the one who was sequestered from his brothers."
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|All this is a reference to the bitter, and finally sweet, life of Joseph.
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|Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.
|Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.
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|[[Benjamin]] is a ravening [[wolf]]. He devours the prey in the morning, and at night he apportions the loot."
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|This could be a reference to an episode in the interjudicial period between [[Judge (Bible)|Judges]] [[Joshua]] and [[Othniel]].
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|All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.
|All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.
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|All of these are the twelve [[Tribes of Israel]]. This is what their father spoke to them, and he blessed each man with a particular blessing.
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|And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
|And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
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|Then he gave them these instructions: "I want to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my ancestors in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite."
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|In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace.
|In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace.
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|"In the cave in the field of [[Machpelah]], which fronts Mamre, in the land of [[Canaan (land)|Canaan]], the one that [[Abraham]] bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite as a landholding for a tomb."
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|There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.
|There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.
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|"There they buried [[Abraham]] and his wife [[Sarah]], and there they buried [[Isaac]] and his wife [[Rebekah]], and there I buried [[Leah]],"
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|This must have happened during the twenty-two-year absence of Joseph from his family: he was 17 years old when he was sold as a slave, and was 30 years old when he accepted his [[viceroy]]alty (13 years later), and after that came the 7 years of surplus and 2 of the years of famine.
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|The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was from the children of Heth.
|The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was from the children of Heth.
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|"in the acquisition of the field and of the cave within it from the sons of [[Heth]]."
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|That is, the [[Hittites]].
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|And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.
|And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.
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|When Jacob had finished instructing his sons, he gathered his feet into the couch, and expired, and was gathered to his peoples.
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==Chapter 50==
==Chapter 50==