Genesis 49: 13-28: “Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon. Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens: And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute. Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward. I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD. Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last. Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties. Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words. Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall: The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him: But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:) Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb: The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren. Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil. 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.”
Even though Jacob had very little to do with the naming of his sons, he knew every one of them by name and he knew something about each one of them. This reminds us that God knows each one of us by name even though we may think that He isn’t even interested in us personally (see Matt 10: 29, 30). The other issue is that Jacob wanted the blessing that belonged to his older brother Esau and lied and cheated so that he could win that blessing. The blessing was the Lord’s salvation. As Jacob came near to the time of his death, he knew that his sons would be the means that God used to provide the eternal and long term blessings that Jacob had longed for throughout most of his life. The Lord’s salvation is the same today as it was in those days, it is eternal and found in one of Jacob’s descendants, the Lord Jesus Christ.
(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
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