Genesis 49:28 KJV
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.
Words Then and Now
- spake spoke Still heard today: Thus Spake Zarathustra, the famous opening music of 2001: A Space Odyssey Webster’s 1828 · Speak
What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.
Scofield Notes
- blessed themJacob's life, ending in serenity and blessing, testifies to the power of God to transform character. His spiritual progress has six notable phases: (1) the...
Matthew Henry
- Jacob's charge respecting his burial, His deathJacob 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...
Cross References
- Genesis 35:22 And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:
- Exodus 28:21 And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes.
- Numbers 23:24 Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.
- 1 Kings 18:31 And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be thy name:
- Esther 8:7 Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews.
- Esther 8:9 Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.
- Esther 8:11 Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, both little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey,
- Esther 9:1–10 Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;) …
- Ezekiel 39:8–10 Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken. …
- Acts 26:7 Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.
- Revelation 7:4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
- Zechariah 14:1–7 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. …
- James 1:1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
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Topics
- Benedictions Upon his own sons
- Death Death of Jacob
- Intercession Jacob, in behalf of his children
- Israel Prophecies concerning
- Parents Jacob
- Will Of Jacob
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible1745–1635 BC · Joseph
Bible Dictionary
- IsraelThe name conferred on Jacob after the great prayer-struggle at Peniel (Gen 32:28), because “as a prince he had power with God and...
Hebrew and Strong’s
- All these are the twelve כָּל kol Noun · masculine singular construct אֵלֶּה ʾēllê Pronoun שְׁנֵים šĕnêm שְׁנַיִם Number · masculine dual עָשָׂר ʿāśār עָשָׂר Number · masculine singular
- tribes שִׁבְטֵי šibṭê שֵׁבֶט Noun · masculine plural construct
- of Israel יִשְׂרָאֵל yiśrāʾēl יִשְׂרָאֵל Proper name
- and this is it that their father וְזֹאת wĕzōʾt Pronoun · with and אֲשֶׁר ʾăšer Relative לָהֶם lāhem Preposition · with suffix: third person masculine plural אֲבִיהֶם ʾăbîhem אָב Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: third person masculine plural
- spake דִּבֶּר dibber דָבַר Verb · piel perfect, third person masculine singular
- unto them, and blessed וַיְבָרֶךְ waybārek בָרַךְ Verb · piel sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and
- them; every אֲשֶׁר ʾăšer אֲשֶׁר Relative
- one אוֹתָם ʾôtām Object marker · with suffix: third person masculine plural אִישׁ ʾîš אִישׁ Noun · masculine singular
- according to his blessing כְּבִרְכָתוֹ kĕbirkātô בְּרָכָה Noun · feminine singular construct · with preposition, suffix: third person masculine singular
- he blessed בֵּרַךְ bērak בָרַךְ Verb · piel perfect, third person masculine singular אֹתָם ʾōtām Object marker · with suffix: third person masculine plural
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