Study it in the app“All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father spoke to them when he blessed them; each according to his blessing he blessed them.”
Allכָּלtheseאֵלֶּהare the twelveשְׁנֵים עָשָׂרtribesשִׁבְטֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלand thisוְזֹאתis whatאֲשֶׁרtheir fatherאֲבִיהֶםspokeדִּבֶּרto themלָהֶםwhen he blessedוַיְבָרֶךְthem;אוֹתָםeachאִישׁaccording toאֲשֶׁר כְּhis blessingבִרְכָתוֹhe blessedבֵּרַךְthem.אֹתָם
double
Twice the amount, or two plus ten to say twelve.
Where else “shenem” appears-teen (ten)
Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".
Where else “asar” appearstribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “shivte” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appearsspeak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “diber” appearsbless
God gives good things: life, children, harvests.
Where else “yevarech” appearseach
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appearsblessing
The good God gives, or words asking for it.
Where else “virchat” appears27Benjamin is a wolf that tears; in the morning he devours the prey, and at evening he divides the spoil.”
28 · This verse (above)
29He commanded them and said to them, “I am about to be gathered to my people; bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
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?
