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Genesis 49:18
18I await Your salvation, O LORD.
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Context of Genesis 49:18
16Dan shall provide justice for his people as one of the tribes of Israel. 17He will be a snake by the road, a viper in the path that bites the horse’s heels so that its rider tumbles backward. I await Your salvation, O LORD. 19Gad will be attacked by raiders, but he will attack their heels. 20Asher’s food will be rich; he shall provide royal delicacies.
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לִֽישׁוּעָתְךָ֖ קִוִּ֥יתִי יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Genesis 49:18
- Psalms 14:7Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come from Zion! When the LORD restores His captive people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad!
- Psalms 25:6Remember, O LORD, Your compassion and loving devotion, for they are from age to age.
- Psalms 40:1I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry.
- Psalms 62:1In God alone my soul finds rest; my salvation comes from Him.
- Psalms 85:7Show us Your loving devotion, O LORD, and grant us Your salvation.
- Psalms 119:41May Your loving devotion come to me, O LORD, Your salvation, according to Your promise.
- Psalms 123:2As the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maidservant look to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes are on the LORD our God until He shows us mercy.
- Psalms 130:5I wait for the LORD; my soul does wait, and in His word I put my hope.
- Isaiah 8:17I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in Him.
- Isaiah 25:9And in that day it will be said, “Surely this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He has saved us. This is the LORD for whom we have waited. Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation.”
- Isaiah 36:8Now, therefore, make a bargain with my master, the king of Assyria. I will give you two thousand horses—if you can put riders on them!
- Isaiah 30:18Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore He rises to show you compassion, for the LORD is a just God. Blessed are all who wait for Him.
- Isaiah 33:2O LORD, be gracious to us! We wait for You. Be our strength every morning and our salvation in time of trouble.
- Lamentations 3:25The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.
- Micah 7:7But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
- Matthew 1:21She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”
Commentaries on Genesis 49:18
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-33Verses 1-33 - Jacob Blesses His Sons 5. מכרה mekêrāh “weapon;” related: כיר kārar or כרה kārāh dig. “Device, design?” related: מכר mākar “sell,” in Arabic “take counsel. Habitation.” 10. מחקק mechoqēq “lawgiver, judge, dispenser of laws.” This word occurs in six other places - Numbers 21:18; Deuteronomy 33:21; Jud. Deuteronomy 5:14; Psalm 60:9; Psalm 108:9; Isaiah 33:22; in five of which it clearly denotes ruler, or judge. The meaning “sceptre” is…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-18Verses 13-18 Concerning Zebulun: if prophecy says, Zebulun shall be a haven of ships, be sure Providence will so plant him. God appoints the bounds of our habitation. It is our wisdom and duty to accommodate ourselves to our lot, and to improve it; if Zebulun dwell at the heaven of the sea, let him be for a haven of ships. Concerning Issachar: he saw that the land was pleasant, yielding not only pleasant prospects, but pleasant fruits to recompense his…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18At this point, Jacob paused to speak words of hope. He may have been reminding his sons of their need to depend on the Lord. Or he may have been expressing hope in the Messiah’s reign, when he and his descendants would be rescued from all trouble, grief, and human betrayal.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 16-1817. Dan--"a judge." a serpent ... an adder--A serpent, an adder, implies subtlety and stratagem; such was pre-eminently the character of Samson, the most illustrious of its judges.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Genesis 49
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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