SEV Biblia, Chapter 49:26
Las bendiciones de tu padre fueron mayores que las bendiciones de mis progenitores: hasta el término de los collados eternos serán sobre la cabeza de José, y sobre la mollera del Nazareo de sus hermanos.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Genesis 49:26
Verse 26. The blessing of thy father, &c.] The blessings which thy father now prays for and pronounces are neither temporal nor transitory; they shall exceed in their duration the eternal mountains, and in their value and spiritual nature all the conveniences, comforts, and delicacies which the everlasting hills can produce. They shall last when the heavens and the earth are no more, and shall extend throughout eternity. They are the blessings which shall be communicated to the world by means of the Messiah. The Jerusalem Targum paraphrases the place thus: ""The blessing of this father shall be added unto the blessings wherewith thy fathers Abraham and Isaac, who are likened to mountains, have blessed thee; and they shall exceed the blessings of the four mothers, Sarah, Rebekah, Rachel, and Leah, who are likened to the hills: all these blessings shall be a crown of magnificence on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him who was a prince and governor in the land of Egypt."" 27. Benjamin is a ravenous wolf: In the morning he shall devour the prey, And in the evening he shall divide the spoil.
This tribe is very fitly compared to a ravenous wolf, because of the rude courage and ferocity which they have invariably displayed, particularly in their war with the other tribes, in which they killed more men than the whole of their own numbers amounted to.
""This last tribe,"" says Dr. Hales, ""is compared to a wolf for its ferocious and martial disposition, such as was evinced by their contests with the other tribes, in which, after two victories, they were almost exterminated, Judges 19, 20."" Its union with the tribe of Judah seems to be intimated in their joint conquests, expressed nearly in the same terms: ""Judah went up from the prey;""Benjamin devoured the prey."" Moses in his parallel prophecy, Deut. xxxiii. 12, confirms this by signifying that the sanctuary should be fixed in his lot, and that he should continue as long as the existence of the temple itself:- THE BELOVED OF THE LORD shall dwell with him in safety, And shall cover him all the day long, And shall dwell between his shoulders.Deut. xxxiii. 12.
In the morning, &c.] These expressions have been variously understood.
The sense given above is that in which the principal interpreters agree; but Houbigant protests against the prophecy signifying the continuance of this tribe, as the words, ""in the morning devouring the prey,"" and ""in the evening dividing the spoil,"" are supposed to imply; ""because,"" he observes, ""after the return from the Babylonish captivity, this tribe is no more mentioned."" But this may be accounted for from the circumstance of its being associated with that of Judah, (see 1 Kings xii. 21-24,) after which it is scarcely ever mentioned but in that union. Being thus absorbed in the tribe of Judah, it continued from the morning till the evening of the Jewish dispensation, and consequently till the Lion of the tribe of Judah was seen in the wilderness of Israel.
In the morning, according to Mr. Ainsworth, ""signifies the first times; for Ehud of Benjamin was the second judge that saved the Israelites from the hands of the Moabites, Judg. iii. 15, &c. Saul of Benjamin was the first king of Israel; he and his son were great warriors, making a prey of many enemies, 1 Sam. xi. 6, 7, 11; xiv. 13, 15, 47, 48. And the evening, the latter times; for Mordecai and Esther of Benjamin delivered the Jews from a great destruction, and slew their enemies, Esth. viii. 7, 9, 11; ix. 5, 6, 15, 16.""
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 22-27 - The blessing of Joseph is very full. What Jacob says of him, is histor as well as prophecy. Jacob reminds him of the difficulties and fier darts of temptations he had formerly struggled through. His faith di not fail, but through his trials he bore all his burdens with firmness and did not do anything unbecoming. All our strength for resistin temptations, and bearing afflictions, comes from God; his grace i sufficient. Joseph became the shepherd of Israel, to take care of his father and family; also the stone of Israel, their foundation an strong support. In this, as in many other things, Joseph was remarkable type of the Good Shepherd, and tried Corner Stone of the whole church of God. Blessings are promised to Joseph's posterity typical of the vast and everlasting blessings which come upon the spiritual seed of Christ. Jacob blessed all his sons, but especiall Joseph, "who was separated from his brethren." Not only separated i Egypt, but, possessing eminent dignity, and more devoted to God. O Benjamin it is said, He shall ravin as a wolf. Jacob was guided in what he said by the Spirit of prophecy, and not by natural affection; els he would have spoken with more tenderness of his beloved son Benjamin Concerning him he only foresees and foretells, that his posterit should be a warlike tribe, strong and daring, and that they shoul enrich themselves with the spoils of their enemies; that they should be active. Blessed Paul was of this tribe, Ro 11:1; Php 3:5; he, in the morning of his day, devoured the prey as a persecutor, but in the evening divided the spoils as a preacher; he shared the blessings of Judah's Lion, and assisted in his victories.
Original Hebrew
ברכת 1293 אביך 1 גברו 1396 על 5921 ברכת 1293 הורי 2029 עד 5704 תאות 8379 גבעת 1389 עולם 5769 תהיין 1961 לראשׁ 7218 יוסף 3130 ולקדקד 6936 נזיר 5139 אחיו׃ 251
