Genesis 49:28 - Forerunner Commentary

Genesis 49:28

26 The blessings of your father
Have excelled the blessings of my ancestors,
^aUp to the utmost bound of the everlasting hills.
^bThey shall be on the head of Joseph,
And on the crown of the head of him who was separate from his brothers.

27 “Benjamin is a ^aravenous wolf;
In the morning he shall devour the prey,
^bAnd at night he shall divide the spoil.”

28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father spoke to them. And he blessed them; he blessed each one according to his own blessing.

Jacob’s Death and Burial

29 Then he charged them and said to them: “I ^aam to be gathered to my people; ^bbury me with my fathers ^cin the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

30 in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre in the land of Canaan, ^awhich Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite as a possession for a burial place.

31 ^aThere they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife, ^bthere they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife, and there I buried Leah.

32 The field and the cave that is there were purchased from the sons of Heth.”

33 And when Jacob had finished commanding his sons, he drew his feet up into the bed and breathed his last, and was gathered to his people.

Verse Comparison: Genesis 49:28

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American Standard Version
All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.

Amplified® Bible
All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said to them as he blessed them, blessing each one according to the blessing suited to him.

Contemporary English Version
These are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is how Jacob gave each of them their proper blessings.

Darby English Version
All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father spoke to them; and he blessed them: every one according to his blessing he blessed them.

Good News Bible
These are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said as he spoke a suitable word of farewell to each son.

King James Version
All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.

New American Standard Bible
All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said to them when he blessed them. He blessed them, every one with the blessing appropriate to him.

New International Version
All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said to them when he blessed them, giving each the blessing appropriate to him.

New King James Version
All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father spoke to them. And he blessed them; he blessed each one according to his own blessing.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
All these constitute the twelve tribes of Israel, and this their father said to them when he blessed them. He blessed them, every one with the blessing appropriate to him.

Revised Standard Version
All these are the twelve tribes of Israel; and this is what their father said to them as he blessed them, blessing each with the blessing suitable to him.

Young's Literal Translation
All these `are' the twelve tribes of Israel, and this `is' that which their father hath spoken unto them, and he blesseth them; each according to his blessing he hath blessed them.

New English Translation
These¹ are the twelve tribes of Israel. This is what their father said to them when he blessed them. He gave each of them an appropriate blessing.²

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