Vayechi

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 Genesis 48:22  “And I give you one portion more than your brothers, which I took from the hand of the Amorite with my sword and my bow.”

שכם = “Shechem”

Genesis 49:1  Then Jacob called his sons and said, “Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you what shall happen to you in the latter days.”

באחרית הימים (b’acharit ha’yamim) – 1^st occurrence

Genesis 49:8  “Judah, your brothers shall praise you. Your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies. Your father’s sons shall bow down before you.”

יהודה

יהודה

יהודה

Genesis 49:10  The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes, and to Him shall be the obedience of the peoples.

יבא שילה = 358 = משיח

“Mashiach”        (yavo Shiloh)

Genesis 49:18  I wait for your salvation, Adonai.

לישועתך (lishuateicha) – 1^st occurrence

וזאת (vezot)

The end of Jacob’s Blessings

Genesis 49:28  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.

The start of Moses’ Blessings

Deuteronomy 33:1  And this is the blessing with which Moses the man of God blessed the people of Israel before his death.

Genesis 49:24  Yet his bow remained unmoved. His arms were made agile by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob (from there is the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel).

 Messianic Parallels Between Joseph & Yeshua

Chapter 47

• Israel will bow to “the son” (31)

Chapter 48

• The father’s blessings come through “the son” (9)

Chapter 50

• He turns evil into good (20)
• He sustains those he saves (21)

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Genesis 9:23  Then Shem and Japheth took a garment, laid it on both their shoulders [שחם, Shechem], and walked backward and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were turned backward, and they did not see their father’s nakedness.

Joshua 24:32  As for the bones of Joseph, which the people of Israel brought up from Egypt, they buried them at Shechem, in the piece of land that Jacob bought from the sons of Chamor the father of Shechem for a hundred kesitas. It became an inheritance of the descendants of Joseph.

Genesis 29:35   And [Leah] conceived again and bore a son, and said, “This time I will praise [אודה, odeh] Adonai.” Therefore she called his name Judah [יהודה, Yehudah]. Then she ceased bearing.

Genesis 50:20  “As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today.”

Genesis 50:21   “So do not fear. I will provide for you and your little ones.” Thus he comforted them and spoke kindly to them.