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For your salvationלִישׁוּעָתְךָI wait,קִוִּיתִיYHWH.יְהוָה
Genesis 49:18
Study it in the app“For your salvation I wait, YHWH.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 49:18, word by word
- For your salvationישׁוּעָתְyshuat
salvation
Salvation: the help with which God delivers from danger; also victory. The name "Jesus" (Yeshua) comes from the same root.
Where else “yshuat” appears- I waitקִוִּיתִיkiviti
wait
To long and look for, above all YHWH.
Where else “kiviti” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears
The context
17Dan will be a serpent by the way, a viper by the path, that bites the horse’s heels, so that its rider falls backward.
18 · This verse (above)
19Gad, raiders will raid him, but he will raid at their heels.
To study Genesis 49 in a group
1. What it says
What did Jacob say about Judah and Joseph in his blessings (vv. 8-12, 22-26)?
2. What it means
What does it show that Jacob gave each son a different blessing (v. 28)?
3. How I live it
How can you recognize what is distinct and unique in each person in your family?