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Genesis 49:1

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 206

  • Publications Index

    w25.06 2; it-2 206;

    w85 7/1 21; ad 1031; w62 362

Genesis 49:2

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  • Publications Index

    w25.06 2;

    w62 362

Genesis 49:3

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 795

  • Publications Index

    w25.06 3-4; it-2 795;

    ad 1402; im 120; w62 365

Genesis 49:4

Footnotes

  • *

    49:4 Susp.; codd. there you profaned; my couch he went up (var. you went up)

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 795

  • Publications Index

    w25.06 4, 6; it-2 795;

    ad 1402; w62 365

Genesis 49:5

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, pp. 109, 1026

  • Publications Index

    w25.06 4; it-1 109, 1026;

    w62 368; w61 220

Genesis 49:6

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 1026

  • Publications Index

    w25.06 4; it-1 1026;

    ad 707; w62 368; w61 220

Genesis 49:7

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, pp. 109, 724, 1200

    Insight, Volume 2, pp. 240-241, 944

    Awake!,

    4/22/1998, p. 30

    4/22/1987, p. 24

  • Publications Index

    w25.06 4-6; it-1 109, 724, 1200; it-2 240-241, 944; g98 4/22 30; g87 4/22 24;

    ad 830, 1057, 1503; w64 160; w62 368; w61 220

Genesis 49:8

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, pp. 124-126, 483

  • Publications Index

    w25.06 5-6; it-2 124-126, 483;

    ad 165, 973-974, 1214; w67 380; w62 45, 373, 510; w61 223; ns 82; w31 254; w30 228; lt-2-30 290

Genesis 49:9

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 125

    Revelation Climax, pp. 83-84

    “All Scripture,” p. 18

  • Publications Index

    w25.06 5-6; it-2 125; re 83-84; si 18;

    po 100-101; ad 973; fm 26; w64 506, 512; w63 157; w62 373, 393; w61 223; ns 82; rm 113; w46 133; tf 193; g34 8/1 700; w31 254, 346

Genesis 49:10

Footnotes

  • *

    49:10 Or till his own comes Or* till Shiloh come or till he come to Shiloh Or* till Shelah come in Susp.

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Close to Jehovah, p. 192

    Insight, Volume 1, pp. 491-492

    Insight, Volume 2, pp. 126-127, 386, 875, 928-929

    God’s Kingdom Rules!, p. 33

    The Watchtower,

    8/15/2011, p. 9

    12/1/2007, pp. 23-25

    1/15/2004, p. 29

    10/1/2002, pp. 17-20

    10/1/1992, p. 8

    Revelation Climax, pp. 83-84

    Knowledge, pp. 92-93

    World Without War, pp. 12-13

    Awake!,

    6/22/1991, p. 11

    “All Scripture,” p. 17

  • Publications Index

    w25.06 6; cl 192; it-1 491-492; it-2 126-127, 386, 875, 928-929; kr 33; w11 8/15 9; w07 12/1 23-25; re 83-84; w04 1/15 29; w02 10/1 17-20; kl 93; w92 10/1 8; wi 12-13; g91 6/22 11; si 17;

    w84 12/1 9; w83 6/15 25; w80 1/15 12; w78 2/15 17; w76 242; sl 105-106; po 100-101, 124-125; w72 82, 241; ad 367, 974, 1147, 1492; w70 235; fm 26; w66 511; w65 652; im 61, 194; w64 245, 453, 503, 506, 511, 540; w63 173; bf 89, 93, 98, 106, 151, 169, 181; w62 247, 394; w61 223; ns 82, 129, 196; g61 10/8 8; w58 232; pa 54; w57 678; na46 13; tf 193; w41 300; w40 298; w39 356; w33 45, 346; w31 254, 346; g31 4/1 443

Genesis 49:11

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, pp. 680, 1156

  • Publications Index

    it-2 680, 1156;

    ad 1636; w62 395

Genesis 49:12

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    w62 396

Genesis 49:13

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, pp. 940, 1222

  • Publications Index

    w25.06 8-10; it-2 940, 1222;

    ad 1500, 1683; g63 3/8 13; w62 396

Genesis 49:14

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, pp. 195-196, 1235

  • Publications Index

    w25.06 9; it-1 196, 1235;

    ad 855-856; w62 397

Genesis 49:15

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, pp. 848, 1235

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 935

  • Publications Index

    w25.06 9-10; it-1 848, 1235; it-2 935;

    ad 592, 855-856, 1497; g65 2/8 17; w62 397; w41 103

Genesis 49:16

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 573

  • Publications Index

    it-1 573;

    w62 399; w35 326

Genesis 49:17

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, pp. 573, 1084

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 1157

  • Publications Index

    w25.06 9-10; it-1 573, 1084; it-2 1157;

    ad 1637; w62 399; w60 479; w35 326

Genesis 49:18

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    w62 399; w35 326

Genesis 49:19

Footnotes

  • *

    49:19 Lit. their heel

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, pp. 876-877

    The Watchtower,

    6/1/2004, p. 15

  • Publications Index

    w25.06 10-11; it-1 876-877; w04 6/1 15;

    ad 612; w62 401

Genesis 49:20

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, pp. 190-191

  • Publications Index

    w25.06 11-12; it-1 190;

    ad 143; w62 402; w57 703

Genesis 49:21

Footnotes

  • *

    49:21 Susp.

  • *

    49:21 Conj.* a doe let loose

  • *

    49:21 Codd. he who gives

  • *

    49:21 Conj.* goodly lambs

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 1119

    Insight, Volume 2, pp. 470-471

    The Watchtower,

    8/15/2002, p. 12

  • Publications Index

    w25.06 11-12; it-1 1119; it-2 470-471; w02 8/15 12;

    ad 774, 1204-1205; w62 403

Genesis 49:22

Footnotes

  • *

    49:22 Susp.; unc.

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 362

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 110

  • Publications Index

    w25.06 12; it-1 362; it-2 110;

    ad 962; w62 405; ns 82

Genesis 49:23

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 157

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 110

  • Publications Index

    w25.06 12; it-1 157; it-2 110;

    w85 7/15 20; ad 962; w62 405; ns 82

Genesis 49:24

Footnotes

  • *

    49:24 Codd. their bows were broken in firmness Var. his bow held firm

  • *

    49:24 Lit. the arms of their (var. his) hands

  • *

    49:24 (shook) Unc.

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, pp. 110-111

  • Publications Index

    w25.06 12-13; it-2 110-111;

    ad 962; w62 405; ns 82

Genesis 49:25

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 110

  • Publications Index

    it-2 110;

    ad 962; w62 405; ns 76, 82, 92

Genesis 49:26

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 110

  • Publications Index

    w25.06 11-12; it-2 110;

    ad 962; w62 405; ns 82

Genesis 49:27

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, pp. 17, 20, 289

    Insight, Volume 2, pp. 432, 1195

    Imitate, p. 142

    The Watchtower,

    1/1/2012, p. 29

  • Publications Index

    w25.06 11, 13; it-1 17, 20, 289; it-2 432, 1195; ia 142; w12 1/1 29;

    ad 14, 16, 215, 1178, 1664; w64 505, 512; w62 407; ns 82; w40 280

Genesis 49:28

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    po 99; w72 681; w66 55; li 162; bf 419; w62 408; w61 614; ns 82; nu 8

Genesis 49:31

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  • Publications Index

    g64 2/22 28

Genesis 49:33

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  • Publications Index

    w65 75; w61 614; nu 8; w51 295

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Genesis 49:1-33

Genesis

49 And Jacob summoned his sons and said “Come together and I will tell you what shall befall you in future days:

2 Gather and listen, sons of Jacob,

and listen to your father Israel.

3 Reuben, you are my eldest,

my strength, the firstfruit of my powers,

Far forward in prestige, far forward in might—

4* in water-like recklessness go not far!

For you went up on your father’s bed,

there you profaned the couch of joy.

5 Simeon and Levi are brothers,

tools of outrage are their daggers.

6 Do not come into their circle, my soul,

do not unite in their assembly, my mind,

Because in their anger they killed men

and in their wantonness they hamstrung oxen.

7 Cursed their anger, that it was strong,

and their wrath, that it was cruel;

I will divide them in Jacob

and scatter them in Israel.

8 Judah, you your brothers shall praise;

your hand shall be on your enemies’ necks,

your father’s sons shall do reverence to you.

9 Judah is a lion-cub;

from your kill, my son, you have come up;

He lies down, he makes himself comfortable,

like a lion and like a lioness; who will stir him up?

10* Scepter shall not pass away from Judah

nor chieftain’s staff from between his feet

Till He comes whose it is;

and his shall be the obedience of the peoples.

11 Tying his donkey to the grapevine,

his ass to the vine of Sorek grapes,

He has washed his clothing in wine,

his venture in the blood of grapes,

12 Darker of eyes than wine,

whiter of teeth than milk.

13 Zebulun shall live by the seabeach

and become a beach for ships,

with his rear reaching to Sidon.

14 Issacar is a big-boned donkey

lying down in the fork of the paths;

15 And he saw rest was good

and the country was attractive,

And bent his shoulder to carry loads

and become a slaving corvée.

16 Dan shall pronounce judgment for his people

like any of the tribes of Israel.

17 Be Dan a snake by the road,

a horned viper by the trail,

That bites the pony’s heels

and his rider has fallen backward.

18 For your salvation, Jehovah, I have waited.

19* Gad raiders shall raid,

but he shall raid their retreat.

20 Asher’s bread shall be fat

and he shall yield kings’ luxuries.

21**** Naphtali is a doe sent out;

he has given goodly words.

22* Joseph is a young wild ass,

a young wild ass by a spring,

a bunch of wild asses on a rock-wall.

23 Archers had a spite at him

and went to shooting and assailing him;

24*** But their bowstrings were broken

and their arms shook

At the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob,

at the name of the Shepherd of Israel’s Stone,

25 At your father’s Deity; and he shall help you,

El Shaddai, he shall bless you,

With blessings of the skies above,

blessings of the deep that lies prostrate beneath,

blessings of breast and of womb.

26 Your father’s blessings have outgone

the blessings of sempiternal mountains, the cravings of perpetual hills.

Be they for Joseph’s head,

for his brow who among his brothers was devotee.

27 Benjamin is a wolf making its kill:

in the morning he eats prey

and at evening he divides booty.”

28 All these are the tribes of Israel, twelve of them; and this is what their father told them and blessed them, blessed them each with his appropriate blessing.

29 And he laid a command on them, and said to them “I am being gathered to my kinsfolk: bury me with my fathers in the cave in Ghephron the Hittite’s field, 30 in the cave in the field of Macpelah in front of Mamre in Canaan, which field Abraham bought from Ghephron the Hittite for a graveyard property. 31 There they buried Abraham and his wife Sarah, there they buried Isaac and his wife Rebekah, and there I buried Leah; 32 the fee-simple of the field and the cave in it is from the sons of Heth.” 33 And Jacob finished laying his commands on his sons, and drew his feet up into the bed and breathed his last and was gathered to his kinsfolk.

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