Genesis 49 - Jacob's Deathbed Blessings (Part 1‪)‬ Grace Community Church, Jackson, MS

(Dustin Cook)
Genesis 49:1-12 … Jacob’s Deathbed Blessings (part 1)
Introduction … v1-2
Jacob blesses his sons from his deathbed … Genesis 49:28, 33
Speaks of “the latter days” … v1
Disproportionate attention given to Judah and Joseph
The passing over of Jacob’s older sons … v3-7
Reuben
Who he was
Jacob’s “preeminent” firstborn
Whom he became
“unstable as water”
Reuben passed over
“you shall not have preeminence”
Simeon and Levi
The unjust shedding of blood
Genesis 34:25
The anger of these two brothers is ‘cursed’
Genesis 34:30
They will be scattered …
The dominion blessing for Judah … v8-9
Dominion over …
Brothers and enemies
Lion-like dominance
Leadership in early Israel
Judges 1:1-2
The Davidic dynasty
1 Chronicles 18
The Messianic prophesy … v10-12
“Until Shiloh comes”
The restored Davidic dynasty - Isaiah 11:1-4, Amos 9:11-15 (quoted in Acts 15:15-18)
“the obedience of the peoples”