What Jacob Said About the Coming Messiah
Genesis 49:8-12
Judah, your brothers will praise you. You will grab your enemies by the neck, and your brothers will bow down to you.
Judah is like a young lion. You have returned from killing, my son. Like a lion, he stretches out and lies down to rest, and no one is brave enough to wake him.
Kings will come from Judah's family; someone from Judah will always be on the throne. Judah will rule until Shiloh comes, and the nations will obey him.
He ties his donkey to a grapevine, his young donkey to the best branch. He can afford to use wine to wash his clothes and the best wine to wash his robes.
His eyes are dark like the color of wine, and his teeth are as white as the color of milk.
Israel’s Prophecy
Jacob lived 2006 BC to 1859 BC
Jacob gave this prediction
about Judah and his descendants on his death bed. None of the other
children of Israel were given a blessing that included the
eternal throne and the mention of Shiloh or the Messiah.
Jacob's Messiah Prophecy
Jacob said that one of his son Judah’s descendants would have an eternal throne.
In Other Words:
The Messiah would be a member of Judah’s Family.
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