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The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 49:13
Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea;—not παρ ὅρμον πλοίων (LXX.), in statione navium (Vulgate), but to, or at, or beside, the. shore (from the idea of being washed by the waters of the ocean) of the waters, i…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 49:16-18
Dan shall judge his people as one of the tribes of Israel. With a play upon his name, the firstborn son of Rachel's handmaid, Bilhah, is described as one who should occupy an important place and exercise highly benefici…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 49:18
God's salvation. I. WHAT IT IS. Deliverance from evil, succor against foes, victory over sin and death. II. WHENCE IT COMES. The primal fountain is Jehovah, the covenant God of the believer. The salvation of the gospel…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 49:18
A dying saint's exercise. I. ADORATION. "O Lord!" Jehovah the God of redemption, the supreme object of worship. II. MEDITATION. "Thy salvation!" What a theme for the thoughts to dwell on God's salvation in its origin, i…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 49:19
Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last. The threefold alliteration of the original, which is lost in the received translation, may be thus expressed: "Gad—a,press presses him, but he presses…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 49:20
Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties—literally, dainties of, or for, the king. The first clause may be otherwise rendered: Of Asher the bread shall be fat (Kalisch); fat shall be his br…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 49:21
Naphtaii is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words. The LXX; followed by Dathe, Michaelis, Ewald, Bohlen, and others, read, Naphtali is a tall terebinth, that putteth forth beautiful boughs; but the word אַיָלָה signi…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 49:22-26
Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall—literally, son of a fruit tree, Joseph; son o/a fruit tree at the well; daughters run over the wall. The structure of the cla…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 49:26
The separated one, or Joseph a type of Christ. Joseph was separated from his brethren— I. IN HIS FATHER'S AFFECTIONS. Jacob loved him more than any of his other sons. So was Christ the only-begotten and well-beloved Son…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 49:27
Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf (literally, a wolf, he shall tear in pieces): in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil. The prediction alludes to the warlike character of the tribe…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 49:28
All these are the twelve tribes of Israel (the underlying thought is that in blessing his sons Jacob was really blessing the future tribes): and this is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 49:32
The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was from the children of Heth. Kalisch connects the present verse with the 30th, and reads Genesis 49:31 as a parenthesis.
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 49:33
And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed (having on the arrival of Joseph strengthened himself and sat up upon the bed, probably with his feet overhanging its edge), an…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 1:1-7
Tarry thou the Lord's leisure. Introduction to the Book of Exodus. How much summed up in so few words. When men live history, every month seems important; when God records history a few sentences suffice for generations…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 1:1-6
THE OPPRESSION OF ISRAEL IN EGYPT, WITH THE BIRTH AND EARLY LIFE OF MOSES. EXPOSITION
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 1:1-6
The Book of Exodus, being written in continuation of the history recorded in Genesis, is carefully connected with it by a recapitulation. The recapitulation involves three points:— 1. The names of Jacob's children; 2. T…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 1:1
Now these are the names. Literally, "And these are the names." Compare Genesis 46:8, where the phrase used is the same. We have here the first example of that almost universal practice of fife writers of the Historical…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 1:1
Removal to Egypt. This early instance of emigration shows— I. How the CALL to leave the land of one's fathers may sometimes be 1. Unexpected Jacob little expected to end his days in Egypt. 2. Trying. Canaan, the land of…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 1:1-6
The twelve foundations. The heads of the covenant race had hitherto been single individuals. Abraham—IsaActs—Jacob. The one now expands into the twelve. Glance briefly at this list of the patriarchs. I. THE MEN. Here we…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 1:1-22
The prosperity of Israel. This prosperity was not a mere appearance, nor a passing spurt of fortune. It was a deep, abiding, and significant reality. Nor was it something exaggerated in order to make an excuse for the c…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 1:1-5
The patriarchal names. I. THE NAMES IN THEMSELVES. Nothing seems to the ordinary reader of Holy Scripture so dry and uninteresting as a bare catalogue of names. Objections are even made to reading them as parts of Sunda…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 1:2-5
The sons of the legitimate wives Leah and Rachel are placed first, in the order of their seniority (Genesis 29:32-35; Genesis 30:18-20; Genesis 35:18); then these of the secondary wives, or concubines, also in the order…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 1:5
All the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls. This is manifestly intended as a repetition of Genesis 46:27, and throws the reader back upon the details there adduced, which make up the exact numb…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 1:5
Joseph in Egypt. Exodus here points back to Genesis. So the present is always pointing back to the past. In the life of an individual, in the life of a family, in the life of a nation, there is a continuity: no past act…