1 ! Jaakob blesseth all his sonnes by name, and sheweth them what is to come.
1 a When God shal bring you out of Egypt.
3 b Begotten in my youthe.
3 c If thou hadest not lost thy birthright by thine offence.
5 / Or, their swordes were instruments of violence.
6 e The Shechemites, { chap. 34,26}.
6 d Or, tongue, meaning that he nether consented to them in worde nor thoght.
7 f For Leui had no parte, and Simeon was vnder Judah, {Josh. 19:1}, til God gaue them the place of the Amalekites. {1 Chro. 4:43}.
8 g As was verified in Dauid and Christ.
9 h His enemies shal so feare him.
10 i Which is Christ the Messias, the giuer of all prosperitie: who shal call the Gentiles to salvation.
11 k A countrey moste abundant with vines and pastures is promised him.
14 l His force shalbe great, but he shal want courage to resist his enemies.
14 / Ebr. an asse of great bones.
16 m shal haue the honour of a tribe.
17 n That is, full of subteltie.
20 p He shal abound in corne & pleasant frutes.
21 q Ouercoming more by faire wordes then by force.
22 / Ebr. a sonne of increase.
23 r As his brethren, Potiphar, and others.
26 t In as muche as he was more nere to the accomplishment of the promes, and it had bene more often confirmeed.
26 u Either in dignitie, or when he was solde from his brethren.
29 ! He wil be buryed with his fathers.
33 x Whereby is signified how quickly he dyed.