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 The Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
 
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Denomination: dispensationalism
 
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**Jacob.** See notes on [Genesis 32:28](../../../kjv/genesis/32/28) ; [Genesis 43:8](../../../kjv/genesis/43/8) ; [Genesis 45:26](../../../kjv/genesis/45/26) , [Genesis 45:28](../../../kjv/genesis/45/28) . which shall befall you. This blessing ([Genesis 49:28](../../../kjv/genesis/49/28) ) is therefore direct prophecy.
**the last days.** First occurance of fourteen: [Genesis 49:1](../../../kjv/genesis/49/1) .[Numbers 24:14](../../../kjv/numbers/24/14) .[Deuteronomy 4:30](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/4/30) ; [Deuteronomy 31:29](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/31/29) . [Isaiah 2:2](../../../kjv/isaiah/2/2) .[Jeremiah 23:20](../../../kjv/jeremiah/23/20) ; [Jeremiah 30:24](../../../kjv/jeremiah/30/24) ; [Jeremiah 48:47](../../../kjv/jeremiah/48/47) ; [Jeremiah 49:39](../../../kjv/jeremiah/49/39) . [Ezekiel 38:16](../../../kjv/ezekiel/38/16) . [Daniel 2:28](../../../kjv/daniel/2/28) ; [Daniel 10:14](../../../kjv/daniel/10/14) .[Hosea 3:5](../../../kjv/hosea/3/5) .[Micah 4:1](../../../kjv/micah/4/1) . In ten of these rendered "latter days". A study of these will show that the prophecy ([Genesis 49:1](../../../kjv/genesis/49/1) ) and "blessing" ([Genesis 49:28](../../../kjv/genesis/49/28) ) extends to, and embraces the days of Messiah, and His first and second advents.

**Israel.** See notes on [Genesis 32:28](../../../kjv/genesis/32/28) ; [Genesis 43:8](../../../kjv/genesis/43/8) ; [Genesis 45:26](../../../kjv/genesis/45/26) , [Genesis 45:28](../../../kjv/genesis/45/28) .

**Reuben.** See [Genesis 49:28](../../../kjv/genesis/49/28) , Compare [Genesis 46:8-25](../../../kjv/genesis/46/8-25) , and App-45 .

**Unstable as water.** Figure of speech *Simile.* Compare [Numbers 16:1](../../../kjv/numbers/16/1) , [Numbers 16:2](../../../kjv/numbers/16/2) ; [Numbers 32:1](../../../kjv/numbers/32/1) .
**water . . . thou.** Figure of speech *Ellipsis* here ( App-6 . b). The word "unstable" = to flow down, and requires the *Ellipsis* to be filled up thus: "Flowing down as water [passes away, so] thou shalt not excel". What thus would pass away is set forth in [Genesis 49:3](../../../kjv/genesis/49/3) , and so it came to pass ([1 Chronicles 5:1](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/5/1) ).

**my soul** = myself. Hebrew. *nephesh.* App-13 .
**secret** = council.
**unto.** Samaritan Pentateuch, The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, Septuagint, and Syriac insert "and" = "and into".
**assembly.** Hebrew. *kahal =* Greek. *eeclesia.* See [Genesis 28:3](../../../kjv/genesis/28/3) .
**digged down a wall.** Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint read "hamstrung an ox". Compare [Genesis 34:26](../../../kjv/genesis/34/26) .

**divide.** Fulfilled, [Joshua 19:1](../../../kjv/joshua/19/1) . [1 Chronicles 4:39-43](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/4/39-43) .[Leviticus 25:32-34](../../../kjv/leviticus/25/32-34) . Levi's turned to blessing later, [Exodus 32:26-29](../../../kjv/exodus/32/26-29) . [Deuteronomy 10:8](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/10/8) , [Deuteronomy 10:9](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/10/9) .
**Jacob.** First occurance as used of the whole nation.
**Israel.** See note on [Genesis 34:7](../../../kjv/genesis/34/7) . Compare [Genesis 47:27](../../../kjv/genesis/47/27) .

**Judah** = Praise. Figure of speech *Paronomasia* ( App-6 ). " *Jehuda, Joducha* ".
**bow down.** Compare [2 Samuel 5:1-8](../../../kjv/2-samuel/5/1-8) and [Psalms 72:11](../../../kjv/psalms/72/11) .[Philippians 1:2](../../../kjv/philippians/1/2) , [Philippians 1:10](../../../kjv/philippians/1/10) .

**is.** Figure of speech *Metaphor.* Rest of verse is *Allegory.* App-6 .
**lion.** See note on [Numbers 2:32](../../../kjv/numbers/2/32) .

**sceptre.** First occ Put by *Metonymy* (of Adjunct) for Him Who holds it. Septuagint and Targ read "ruler". See [Numbers 24:17](../../../kjv/numbers/24/17) . [Psalms 45:6](../../../kjv/psalms/45/6) . [Zechariah 10:11](../../../kjv/zechariah/10/11) .
**lawgiver.** First occurance. Compare [Numbers 21:18](../../../kjv/numbers/21/18) . [Deuteronomy 33:21](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/33/21) .[Psalms 60:7](../../../kjv/psalms/60/7) ; [Psalms 108:8](../../../kjv/psalms/108/8) . [Isaiah 33:22](../../../kjv/isaiah/33/22) .
**from between his feet** = from his posterity. Put by Fig, *Euphemy* ( App-6 ). Septuagint and Targum of Onkelos read "from his thighs", i.e. "his seed". Compare [Deuteronomy 28:57](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/28/57) .
**until Shiloh come** = until He, Shiloh, comes. So Aq., Sym., Syriac. Note the six Pentateuch titles: "Seed" ([Genesis 3:15](../../../kjv/genesis/3/15) ), "Shiloh" ([Genesis 49:10](../../../kjv/genesis/49/10) ), "Sceptre" ([Genesis 49:10](../../../kjv/genesis/49/10) ), "Shepherd" and "Stone" ([Genesis 49:24](../../../kjv/genesis/49/24) ), "Star" ([Numbers 24:17](../../../kjv/numbers/24/17) ).
**gathering.** Hebrew. *yikhah =* obedience, submission (not *kabaz,* as in [Jeremiah 31:10](../../../kjv/jeremiah/31/10) ). Note the Structure of this verse ( *Alternation* ). a | The Sceptre shall not depart from Judah, *a* | Until He, Shiloh, come [Whose right it is, Ez. [Genesis 21:27](../../../kjv/genesis/21/27) ] b | Nor a Lawgiver from his seed, *b* | And [until] to Him, [the Lawgiver, shall be] the obedience of the peoples.

**vine.** So plentiful in Judah, that people were without care in such matters.
**wine.** Hebrew. *yayin* ( App-27 ). There was more than enough to lavish.

**Issachar.** Original Orth = he bringeth reward; referring to birth, [Genesis 30:18](../../../kjv/genesis/30/18) (compare [Psalms 24:5](../../../kjv/psalms/24/5) .[Ecclesiastes 5:18](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/5/18) . [Esther 2:9](../../../kjv/esther/2/9) , &c.) But here = a hireling. The prophecy is: "The hireling is the ass (or saddle-bearer) of strangers, Couching down among the folds; When he saw rest that it was good, And the land that it was pleasant:" &c. He preferred to pay tribute to the Canaanites rather than engage in the struggle to expel them.

**Dan shall judge.** Figure of speech *Paronomasia.* App-6 . *Dan Jadin,* Compare [Genesis 30:6](../../../kjv/genesis/30/6) . Fulfilled in [Judges 15:20](../../../kjv/judges/15/20) .
**tribes.** Hebrew sceptres ([Genesis 49:10](../../../kjv/genesis/49/10) ). Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Adjunct). Put for ruler.

**a serpent.** Beguiling to idolatry. The first tribe to do so. See note on [Judges 18:30](../../../kjv/judges/18/30) . Hence omitted in [Revelation 7:4](../../../kjv/revelation/7/4) (compare [Deuteronomy 29:18-21](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/29/18-21) .[Leviticus 24:10-16](../../../kjv/leviticus/24/10-16) ; [1 Kings 12:30](../../../kjv/1-kings/12/30) . [2 Kings 10:29](../../../kjv/2-kings/10/29) ).
**heels.** Compare [Genesis 3:15](../../../kjv/genesis/3/15) .[Jeremiah 8:16](../../../kjv/jeremiah/8/16) , [Jeremiah 8:17](../../../kjv/jeremiah/8/17) .

**salvation.** Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Effect). Put for Him Who brings deliverance from all the works of the old serpent ([Isaiah 25:8](../../../kjv/isaiah/25/8) , [Isaiah 25:9](../../../kjv/isaiah/25/9) . [Matthew 24:13](../../../kjv/matthew/24/13) ). See App-36 .
**LORD.** Hebrew. *Jehovah.* App-4 .

**Gad.** Hebrew. *Gad gedud.* Figure of speech *Paronomasia.* App-6 .
**overcome him** = "shall troop (or press) upon him, but he shall press upon their heel".

**Out of** The Hebrew letter "m", which should end [Genesis 49:19](../../../kjv/genesis/49/19) , making it "upon their heels", has been wrongly prefixed to the next word, "Asher", [Genesis 49:20](../../../kjv/genesis/49/20) , thus making "Asher" begin "Out of", unlike all the others. It should read: "He shall press upon their heels, Asher, his bread shall be, "&c. The Revised Version rightly keeps the Hebrew letter "m" at end of [Genesis 49:19](../../../kjv/genesis/49/19) , but repeats it at beginning of [Genesis 49:20](../../../kjv/genesis/49/20) , thus translating it twice!
**bread.** Put for all food. Figure of speech *Synecdoche* (of Species). App-6 .

**let loose.** Emphasis on freedom. he giveth = he it is that giveth.
**goodly words** = song of Deborah. [Judges 5:18](../../../kjv/judges/5/18) .

**Joseph.** Compare [Deuteronomy 33:13-17](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/33/13-17) .
**whose branches run over the wall** = branches [it hath] each hath overclimbed a wall.

**sorely grieved.** Compare [Amos 6:6](../../../kjv/amos/6/6) .

**God** = One.

**the.** Should be *'El* = GOD (with Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, and Syriac)

**separate** = or set apart. Hebrew. *nazir,* the consecrated one.

**ravin, &c.** Compare the Benjamites, [Judges 3:15](../../../kjv/judges/3/15) . [1 Samuel 11:6-11](../../../kjv/1-samuel/11/6-11) ; [1 Samuel 14:13-48](../../../kjv/1-samuel/14/13-48) . [Acts 7:58](../../../kjv/acts/7/58) ; [Acts 8:1](../../../kjv/acts/8/1) , [Acts 8:3](../../../kjv/acts/8/3) ; [Acts 9:13](../../../kjv/acts/9/13) , [Acts 9:14](../../../kjv/acts/9/14) , [Acts 9:21](../../../kjv/acts/9/21) ; [Acts 22:4-8](../../../kjv/acts/22/4-8) . [1 Timothy 1:13](../../../kjv/1-timothy/1/13) .

The sons collectively. See App-45 .

**gathered unto my people.** Figure of speech *Euphemy.* Put for "death and burial". See [Genesis 49:33](../../../kjv/genesis/49/33) . See note on [Genesis 49:33](../../../kjv/genesis/49/33) .
**with my fathers.** Compare [Genesis 23:9](../../../kjv/genesis/23/9) , [Genesis 23:10](../../../kjv/genesis/23/10) ; [Genesis 47:30](../../../kjv/genesis/47/30) .

**bought.** Compare [Genesis 23:16](../../../kjv/genesis/23/16) .

**Abraham.** The five previously buried there form an acrostic of the sixth. Isaac, Sarah, Rebekah, Abraham, Leah = Israel ([Hebrews 11:13](../../../kjv/hebrews/11/13) ).

**yielded up the ghost.** The spirit going to God who gave it ([Ecclesiastes 12:7](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/12/7) . [Numbers 16:22](../../../kjv/numbers/16/22) ; [Numbers 27:16](../../../kjv/numbers/27/16) ).
**gathered unto his people.** Refers to body, as the previous gathering ([Genesis 49:33](../../../kjv/genesis/49/33) ) refers to his feet. See on [Genesis 49:29](../../../kjv/genesis/49/29) . He was aged 147.

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