How I Discovered the Message in Genesis 49
“The Old Testament can
be easily understood after looking at it with the magnifying glass of the New
Testament…”
For those who might be interested on how and why I studied Genesis 49, here is the answer.
For few months during contemplative of the study of the Word of God, The Holy Spirit guided me to look at Hebrew Masoretic text of the Old Testament. A great tool I was presented was the lexicon and interlinear bibles of www.blueletterbible.org and interlinerbible.org
One day I felt invited to search which was the first verse in the Bible where the word “salvation” appears. It’s in Genesis 49. Since at that time I did not even know how to read Hebrew, I relied a lot into the lexicon and interlinear translations word by word to make sense of the original Hebrew.
The desire of learning and understanding more lead me to participate of a course of Biblical Hebrew with The University of Jerusalem.
During the months I undertook the Biblical Hebrew course, I was moved to look into all of Genesis 49, discovering some wonderful parallel messages as I went verse by verse. Strong’s and Gesenius Hebrew lexicons were the main aid when looking for the multiple meanings of a single Hebrew word. The tables below show the data extracted from these tools.
Finally after looking at the parallel translations I was astonished to see how many Christian theological faith claims are presented in a prophetical manner. The last column of the table highlights the New Testament paragraphs that clearly.
I've posted here the details of the first 10 verses. I'll be figuring out how to post all of the verses. If you want further details, for now contact me at @ricardoriyh
Genesis 49:1 |
Genesis 49:1 |
|||||||
NASB © |
Hebrew |
Transliteration |
Strong's |
Definition |
Origin |
Notes |
Proposed alternative translation |
New testament reference |
Then Jacob |
יַעֲקֹ֖ב |
ya·'a·kov |
a son of Isaac, also his desc. |
Ya'akov means Substitute. This name refers to one person taking the position of another
one. |
The Substitute. |
2 Cor 5:21 says "For God made Christ, who never sinned, to
be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through
Christ" |
||
summoned |
וַיִּקְרָ֥א |
vai·yik·ra |
to call, proclaim, read |
a prim. root |
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a
wide variety of applications) |
called |
|
|
his sons |
בָּנָ֑יו |
ba·nav; |
son |
a prim. root |
a son (as a builder of the
family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition,
etc.) |
his childre (that is those who believe in him) |
Gal 4:7 Now you are no longer a slave but God's own child. And
since you are his child, God has made you his heir |
|
and said, |
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר |
vai·yo·mer |
to utter, say |
a prim. root |
and He said: |
|
||
"Assemble |
הֵאָֽסְפוּ֙ |
he·'a·se·fu |
to gather, remove |
a prim. root |
to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e.
remove |
Listen and receive (this which) |
|
|
yourselves that I may tell |
וְאַגִּ֣ידָה |
ve·'ag·gi·dah |
to be conspicuous |
a prim. root |
to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication
(causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of
mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, explain, praise |
I boldly announce to you, |
|
|
you what |
אֲשֶׁר־ |
a·sher- |
who, which, that |
a prim. pronoun |
|
what |
|
|
will befall |
יִקְרָ֥א |
yik·ra |
to encounter, befall |
a prim. root |
|
will occur |
|
|
you in the days |
הַיָּמִֽים׃ |
hai·ya·mim. |
day |
a prim. root |
|
in the future days |
|
|
to come. |
בְּאַחֲרִ֥ית |
be·'a·cha·rit |
the after-part, end |
|
|
|||
Genesis 49:2 |
Genesis 49:2 |
|||||||
"Gather |
הִקָּבְצ֥וּ |
hik·ka·ve·tzu |
to gather, collect |
a prim. root |
to grasp, i.e. collect -- assemble (selves), gather (bring)
(together, selves together, up), heap, resort, surely, take up. |
Come |
|
|
together and hear, |
וְשִׁמְע֖וּ |
ve·shim·'u |
to hear |
a prim. root |
|
listen, |
|
|
O sons |
בְּנֵ֣י |
be·nei |
son |
a prim. root |
see note above |
sons |
|
|
of Jacob; |
יַעֲקֹ֑ב |
ya·'a·kov; |
a son of Isaac, also his desc. |
Ya'akov means supplanter. See above |
of The Substitute |
|
||
And listen |
וְשִׁמְע֖וּ |
ve·shim·'u |
to hear |
a prim. root |
obey |
and obey |
|
|
to Israel |
יִשְׂרָאֵ֥ל |
yis·ra·'el |
"God strives," another name of Jacob and his desc. |
from sarah and el |
Israel has several interpretations: |
to The Prince God |
|
|
your father. |
אֲבִיכֶֽם׃ |
a·vi·chem. |
father |
from an unused word |
Important to notice how The Prince, the supplanter, the Father
and the son have equality |
the father of you all |
James 1 vs. 16 – 18 |
|
Genesis 49:3 |
Genesis 49:3 |
|||||||
"Reuben, |
רְאוּבֵן֙ |
re·'u·ven |
"behold a son!" oldest son
of Jacob, also his desc. |
from raah and ben |
Raah means to see, to appear. Means a physical observance. |
See (Yeshua) The Son! |
John 10:36 what about the one whom the Father set apart as his
very own and sent into the world? Why then do you accuse me of blasphemy
because I said, `I am God's Son'? |
|
you are my firstborn; |
בְּכֹ֣רִי |
be·cho·ri |
first-born |
firstborn; hence, chief -- eldest (son), firstborn(-ling). |
my first born |
"He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all
creation; because by means of him all [other] things were created in the
heavens and upon the earth, the things visible and the things invisible, no
matter whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities.
All [other] things have been created through him and for him. Also, he is
before all [other] things and by means of him all [other] things were made to
exists." (Col. 1:15-17) |
||
My might |
כֹּחִ֖י |
ko·chi |
strength, power |
from an unused word |
from an unused root meaning to be firm; vigor, literally
(force, in a good or a bad sense) or capacity, ability, wealth, riches |
my might |
Romans 1:4 and was declared to be the Son of God in power
according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus
Christ our Lord, |
|
and the beginning |
וְרֵאשִׁ֣ית |
ve·re·shit |
beginning, chief |
the first, in place, time, order or rank (specifically, a
firstfruit) chief, first(-fruits, part, time), principal thing. |
and first fruit of |
1 cor 15:23 But every man in his own order: Christ the
firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming |
||
of my strength, |
אֹונִ֑י |
o·v·ni; |
vigor, wealth |
from an unused word |
ability, power, (figuratively) wealth -- force, goods, might,
strength, substance. |
my substance. |
|
|
Preeminent |
יֶ֥תֶר |
ye·ter |
remainder, excess, preeminence |
an overhanging, i.e. (by implication) an excess, superiority,
remainder; also a small rope (as hanging free) |
Superior. |
Hebrews 1 :1 In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the
prophets at many times and in various ways, 2 but in these last days he has
spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through
whom also he made the universe. 3 The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and
the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful
word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right
hand of the Majesty in heaven. 4 So he became as much superior to the angels
as the name he has inherited is superior to theirs. |
||
in dignity |
שְׂאֵ֖ת |
se·'et |
exaltation, dignity, swelling, uprising |
Exaltation, upsiring, lifting up |
Exalted and suffering servant bearing punishment of sins |
|||
and preeminent |
וְיֶ֥תֶר |
ve·ye·ter |
remainder, excess, preeminence |
see note above |
and Superior |
|||
in power. |
עָֽז׃ |
az. |
strong, mighty, fierce |
strong, vehement, harsh -- fierce, + greedy, mighty, power, roughly,
strong. |
in power |
|||
Gen 49:4 |
Gen 49:4 |
|||||||
Uncontrolled |
פַּ֤חַז |
pa·chaz |
wantonness, recklessness |
ebullition, turbulence |
Turbulent |
Gospel of John 4:10 Jesus answered her, "If you knew the
gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him
and he would have given you living water." |
||
as water, |
כַּמַּ֙יִם֙ |
kam·ma·yim |
waters, water |
a prim. root |
|
like waters. |
||
you shall not |
|
’al- |
408 [e] |
|
|
Nay, Not so, conjunction prohibiting, |
No!, |
|
have preeminence, |
תֹּותַ֔ר |
to·v·tar, |
to remain over |
a prim. root |
to jut over or exceed; by implication, to excel;
(intransitively) to remain or be left; causatively, to leave, cause to
abound, preserve |
you won't be abandoned |
|
|
Because |
כִּ֥י |
ki |
that, for, when |
a prim. conjunction |
|
For |
|
|
you went |
עָלִ֖יתָ |
a·li·ta |
to go up, ascend, climb |
a prim. root |
|
you went |
|
|
up to your father's |
אָבִ֑יךָ |
a·vi·cha; |
father |
from an unused word |
Gesenius Dictionary: 'abi used in Job 34:30 means desire,
hence 'abicha means "your desire" |
to your desired |
Philippians 2:8 he humbled himself in obedience to God (the
Father) and died a criminal's death on a cross |
|
bed; |
מִשְׁכְּבֵ֣י |
mish·ke·vei |
place of lying, a couch, act of lying |
A bier, the burial wooden bed were the corpse was transported
and mourn for after dead |
wooden bier (the cross). |
|||
Then |
אָ֥ז |
az |
at that time |
of uncertain derivation |
|
At that time |
Gospel of John 19 |
|
you defiled |
חִלַּ֖לְתָּ |
chil·lal·ta |
to pollute, defile, profane |
a prim. root |
Gesenius: To be perforated, to be pierced, to be wounded |
pierced and wounded |
||
[it] -- he went |
עָלָֽה׃ |
a·lah. |
to go up, ascend, climb |
a prim. root |
|
he climbed |
||
up to my couch. |
יְצוּעִ֥י |
ye·tzu·'i |
a couch, bed |
Yetzui is the passice participle of yatza' (H3331), ie
spreaded out, which give us an idea of being on the wooden bier with arms
open. The yod at the end (mine) may indicate that was something
indicated by The Father, a specific punishment, hence the father would be
saying "climb to the cross to my punishment with arms open" |
spreaded with arms open |
|||
Gen 49:5 |
Gen 49:5 |
|||||||
Simeon |
שִׁמְעֹ֥ון |
shim·'o·vn |
a son of Jacob, also his tribe, also an Isr. with a foreign
wife |
hearing, obeying, obedience |
Obedience |
Phillippians 2:6 Who,*
though he was in the form of God,d |
||
and Levi |
וְלֵוִ֖י |
ve·le·vi |
a son of Jacob, also the tribe descended from him |
of uncertain derivation |
attached, attachment, abider, abidance |
and abidance |
||
are brothers; |
אַחִ֑ים |
a·chim; |
a brother |
from an unused word |
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship
and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like 1) -- another, brother(-ly);
kindred, like, other |
are alike |
||
Their swords |
מְכֵרֹתֵיהֶֽם׃ |
me·che·ro·tei·hem. |
(probably some kind of) weapon |
Devices (dubious meaning), perhaps swords from the meaning of
piercing through, |
their piercings (nails) |
|||
are implements |
כְּלֵ֥י |
ke·lei |
an article, utensil, vessel |
something prepared, i.e. any apparatus (as an implement,
utensil, dress, vessel or weapon) -- armour (-bearer), artillery, bag,
carriage, + furnish, furniture, instrument, jewel, that is made of, one from
another, that which pertaineth, pot, + psaltery, sack, stuff, thing, tool,
vessel, ware, weapon, + whatsoever. |
are instruments |
|||
of violence. |
חָמָ֖ס |
cha·mas |
violence, wrong |
|
of violence |
|||
Gen 49:6 |
Gen 49:6 |
|||||||
Do not let my soul enter
into their council; |
בְּסֹדָם֙ |
be·so·dam |
council, counsel |
from an unused word |
assemblage (usually concretely) -- assembly, company, congregation,
multitude. |
In the assembly |
Matthew 26:26 When Jesus had finished saying all these things,
he said to his disciples, 2 “As you know, the Passover is two days away—and
the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.” |
|
|
’al- |
408 [e] |
|
|
Nay, Not so, conjunction prohibiting, |
will not be |
||
תָּבֹ֣א |
ta·vo |
to come in, come, go in, go |
a prim. root |
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications), iii.to
bring in, cause to come in, gather, cause to come, bring near, bring against,
bring upon |
fulfilled |
|||
נַפְשִׁ֔י |
naf·shi, |
a soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion,
appetite, emotion |
from an unused word |
a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality;
used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or
mental) |
my desire |
|||
Do not join my glory with
their assembly; |
בִּקְהָלָ֖ם |
bik·ha·lam |
assembly, convocation, congregation |
from an unused word |
Congregation from H950 קָהַל qahal to assemble for political or religious reasons. |
In their religious gathering (Sanhedrin) |
||
אַל־ |
’al- |
408 [e] |
|
|
Nay, Not so, conjunction prohibiting, |
will not be |
||
תֵּחַ֣ד |
te·chad |
to be united |
a prim. root |
|
be united |
|||
כְּבֹדִ֑י |
ke·vo·di; |
abundance, honor, glory |
|
my glory. |
||||
Because |
כִּ֤י |
ki |
that, for, when |
a prim. conjunction |
|
Because |
||
in their anger |
בְאַפָּם֙ |
ve·'ap·pam |
a nostril, nose, face, anger |
|
in rage |
|||
they slew |
הָ֣רְגוּ |
ha·re·gu |
to kill, slay |
a prim. root |
|
they slew |
||
men, |
אִ֔ישׁ |
ish, |
man |
from an unused word |
|
a man, |
||
And in their self-will |
וּבִרְצֹנָ֖ם |
u·vir·tzo·nam |
goodwill, favor, acceptance, will |
|
and in their favor |
|||
they lamed |
עִקְּרוּ־ |
liqqeru |
to hamstring |
|
they sacrificed |
|||
oxen. |
שֹֽׁור׃ |
sho·vr. |
a head of cattle (bullock, ox, etc.) |
from an unused word |
|
the offering |
||
Gen 49:7 |
Gen 49:7 |
|||||||
"Cursed |
אָר֤וּר |
a·rur |
to curse |
a prim. root |
to execrate -- bitterly curse |
Cursed |
Gospel of John 19:37 and, as another scripture says, "They
will look on the one they have pierced." |
|
be their anger, |
אַפָּם֙ |
ap·pam |
a nostril, nose, face, anger |
Anaph means to blow breath through the nose |
be their anger |
|||
|
|
ki |
|
Because |
|
|
because |
|
for it is fierce; |
עָ֔ז |
az, |
strong, mighty, fierce |
strong, vehement, harsh -- fierce, + greedy, mighty, power,
roughly, strong, cruel |
it is cruel |
|||
And their wrath, |
וְעֶבְרָתָ֖ם |
ve·'ev·ra·tam |
overflow, arrogance, fury |
an outburst of passion -- anger, rage, wrath |
and their rage |
|||
|
|
ki |
|
bacause |
|
|
for |
|
for it is cruel. |
קָשָׁ֑תָה |
ka·sha·tah; |
to be hard, severe or fierce |
a prim. root |
to be dense, i.e. tough or severe (in various applications) |
it is severe |
||
I will disperse |
אֲחַלְּקֵ֣ם |
a·chal·le·kem |
to divide, share |
a prim. root |
to be smooth (figuratively); by implication (as smooth stones
were used for lots) to apportion or separate. |
I will divide them |
||
them in Jacob, |
בְּיַעֲקֹ֔ב |
be·ya·'a·kov, |
a son of Isaac, also his desc. |
Supplanter (Christ) |
in the Supplanter (Christ) |
|||
And scatter |
וַאֲפִיצֵ֖ם |
va·'a·fi·tzem |
to be dispersed or scattered |
a prim. root |
to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to
disperse) |
and I will send them abroad |
||
them in Israel. |
בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ |
be·yis·ra·'el. |
"God strives," another name of Jacob and his desc. |
from sarah and el |
Prince God (see above), Christ |
with Prince God (Christ) |
||
Gen 49:8 |
Gen 49:8 |
|||||||
Judah, |
יְהוּדָ֗ה |
ye·hu·dah |
probably "praised," a son of Jacob, also his desc.,
the S. kingdom, also four Isr. |
Praised |
Praised! |
Phil 2:9Because of this,
God greatly exalted him |
||
you |
אַתָּה |
attah |
H859 |
You |
|
|
You |
|
shall be praised |
יֹוד֣וּךָ |
yo·v·du·cha |
to throw, cast |
a prim. root |
praise, shoot, (give) thank(-ful, -s, -sgiving). |
will be praised |
||
by your brothers |
אַחֶ֔יךָ |
a·chei·cha, |
a brother |
from an unused word |
brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and
metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like 1) -- another, brother(-ly);
kindred, like, other |
among your brothers (who slained you) |
||
Your hand |
יָדְךָ֖ |
ya·de·cha |
hand |
a prim. root |
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction,
etc.), |
Your hand |
||
shall be on the neck |
בְּעֹ֣רֶף |
be·'o·ref |
back of the neck, neck |
from an unused word |
the nape or back of the neck (as declining); hence, the back
generally (whether literal or figurative) -- back (stiff-)neck(-ed). |
will overpower |
||
of your enemies; |
אֹיְבֶ֑יךָ |
oyebecha |
to be hostile to |
a prim. root |
hating; an adversary -- enemy, foe |
those who are hostile to you |
||
Shall bow down |
יִשְׁתַּחֲוּ֥וּ |
yish·ta·chav·vu |
to bow down |
a prim. root |
to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to
royalty or God) |
The children of your
father will postrate unto you |
||
to you |
לְךָ֖ |
lə·ḵā |
|
to you |
|
|
||
the sons |
בְּנֵ֥י |
be·nei |
son |
a prim. root |
son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of
literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation,
quality or condition, etc. |
|||
Your father's |
אָבִֽיךָ׃ |
a·vi·cha. |
father |
from an unused word |
|
|||
Gen 49:9 |
Gen 49:9 |
|||||||
Cub of |
גּ֤וּר |
gur |
a whelp |
Cub, whelp, young |
The Praised (Son) is
abiding to the father as a lion whelp. |
Revelation 5:5 5 Then I saw in the right hand of him who sat on
the throne a scroll with writing on both sides and sealed with seven seals. 2
And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break
the seals and open the scroll?” 3 But no one in heaven or on earth or under
the earth could open the scroll or even look inside it. 4 I wept and wept
because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll or look inside. 5
Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! See, the Lion of the
tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open
the scroll and its seven seals.” |
||
a lion |
אַרְיֵה֙ |
'aryeh |
a lion |
From אֲרִי H738, a lion, a powerful person, a plucker אָרָה (H717) to eat by
plucking, to collect, to gather. |
||||
is Judah |
יְהוּדָ֔ה |
ye·hu·dah, |
probably "praised," a son of Jacob, also his desc.,
the S. kingdom, also four Isr. |
|
||||
From the prey, |
מִטֶּ֖רֶף |
mit·te·ref |
prey, food, a leaf |
something torn, i.e. a fragment, e.g. a fresh leaf, prey, food. |
After the tearing (of your body), |
|
||
my son, |
בְּנִ֣י |
be·ni |
son |
a prim. root |
|
my son, |
|
|
you have gone up. |
עָלִ֑יתָ |
a·li·ta; |
to go up, ascend, climb |
a prim. root |
i.to go up, ascend ii.to meet, visit, follow, depart,
withdraw, retreat vi.to come up (before God), tob e taken up, elevated,
exalted |
you have been raised. |
|
|
He couches, |
כָּרַ֨ע |
ka·ra |
to bow down |
a prim. root |
To bow down, to afflict, to proostrate |
He was afflicted |
|
|
he lies down |
רָבַ֧ץ |
ra·vatz |
stretch oneself out, lie down, lie stretched out |
a prim. root |
Used of quadrupeds which lie with their feet gathered under
their body |
and lied stretched out |
|
|
as a lion, |
כְּאַרְיֵ֛ה |
kə·’ar·yêh |
a lion |
From אֲרִי H738, a lion, a powerful person, a plucker אָרָה (H717) to eat by
plucking, to collect, to gather. |
HE is a powerful person |
Romans 8:11 And if the
Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised
Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his
Spirit who lives in you. |
||
And as a lion, |
וּכְלָבִ֖יא |
u·che·la·vi |
a lion, lioness |
from an unused word |
|
and as a powerful person |
||
who |
מִ֥י |
mi |
who? |
a prim. pronoun |
|
who |
||
dares rouse him up? |
יְקִימֶֽנּוּ׃ |
ye·ki·men·nu. |
to arise, stand up, stand |
a prim. root |
|
can raise Him up? (but God) |
||
Gen 49:10 |
Gen 49:10 |
|||||||
Nor |
לֹֽא־ |
lo- |
not |
a prim. adverb |
|
will not |
Revelation 19:16 |
|
shall not depart |
יָס֥וּר |
Comments
Post a Comment