Lessons for Living From a Deathbed Prophecy - Part 2

 "He gave each of them an appropriate blessing." -GENESIS 49:28.

JACOB"S sons are gathered around him, listening carefully as their elderly father blesses each of them. As discussed in the preceding article, Jacob's words to Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah intrigued-and perhaps even surprised- his sons. So they must be wondering what Jacob will say to his remaining eight sons. Let us see what lessons we can learn from his words to Zebulun, Issachar, Dan, Gad, Asher, Naphtali, Joseph and Benjamin.

Read Genesis 49:13. Jacob indicates that Zebulun's descendants would live by the seashore, toward the north of the Promised Land. Over 200 years later, the Zebulunites did receive a territorial inheritance that was located between the Sea of Galilee and the Mediterranean. Moses prophesied: "Rejoice O Zebulun, in your going out." (Deuteronomy 33:18) This may have been a reference to the fact that Zebulun would have easy access to commercial trade because of being located between the two seas. Whatever the case, the descendants of Zebulun had reason to be happy.

Next time: Jacob's Deathbed Prophecy - Zebulun

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