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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…
Matthew Henry on Genesis 49:28-33
Jacob blessed every one according to the blessings God in after-times intended to bestow upon them. He spoke about his burial-place, from a principle of faith in the promise of God, that Canaan should be the inheritance…
Death of Jacob. (b. c. 1689.)
DEATH OF JACOB. (B. C. 1689.) Here is, I. The summing up of the blessings of Jacob's sons, Genesis 49:28. Though Reuben, Simeon, and Levi were put under the marks of their father's displeasure, yet he is said to bless t…
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…
Matthew Henry on Genesis 50:1-6
Though pious relatives and friends have lived to a good old age, and we are confident they are gone to glory, yet we may regret our own loss, and pay respect to their memory by lamenting them. Grace does not destroy, bu…
The Burial of Jacob. (b. c. 1689.)
THE BURIAL OF JACOB. (B. C. 1689.) Joseph is here paying his last respects to his deceased father. 1. With tears and kisses, and all the tender expressions of a filial affection, he takes leave of the deserted body, Gen…
Matthew Henry on Genesis 50:7-14
Jacob's body was attended, not only by his own family, but by the great men of Egypt. Now that they were better acquainted with the Hebrews, they began to respect them. Professors of religion should endeavour by wisdom…
Matthew Henry on Genesis 50:7-14
We have here an account of Jacob's funeral. Of the funerals of the kings of Judah, usually, no more is said than this, They were buried with their fathers in the city of David: but the funeral of the patriarch Jacob is…
Matthew Henry on Genesis 50:15-21
Various motives might cause the sons of Jacob to continue in Egypt, notwithstanding the prophetic vision Abraham had of their bondage there. Judging of Joseph from the general temper of human nature, they thought he wou…
Joseph Comforts His Brethren. (b. c. 1689.)
JOSEPH COMFORTS HIS BRETHREN. (B. C. 1689.) We have here the settling of a good correspondence between Joseph and his brethren, now that their father was dead. Joseph was at court, in the royal city; his brethren were i…
Matthew Henry on Genesis 50:22-26
Joseph having honoured his father, his days were long in the land, which, for the present, God had given him. When he saw his death approaching, he comforted his brethren with the assurance of their return to Canaan in…
The Death of Joseph. (b. c. 1635.)
THE DEATH OF JOSEPH. (B. C. 1635.) Here is, I. The prolonging of Joseph's life in Egypt: he lived to be a hundred and ten years old, Genesis 50:22. Having honoured his father, his days were long in the land which, for t…
Matthew Henry on Exodus 1:1-7
During more than 200 years, while Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob lived at liberty, the Hebrews increased slowly; only about seventy persons went down into Egypt. There, in about the same number of years, though under cruel b…
The Israelites Oppressed in Egypt. (b. c. 1588.)
THE ISRAELITES OPPRESSED IN EGYPT. (B. C. 1588.) In these verses we have, 1. A recital of the names of the twelve patriarchs, as they are called, Acts 7:8. Their names are often repeated in scripture, that they may not…
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 1:1-7
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 1:1-5
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 1:1
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…