Aug 17, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
O Naphtali, satisfied with favor, and full of the blessing of the Lord; possess the west and the south. (Deuteronomy 33:23) The land that was allotted for the tribe of Naphtali was some of the richest and most fertile land in all of Israel. In fact, Naphtali’s...
Aug 16, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Dan is a lion’s whelp; he shall leap from Bashan. (Deuteronomy 33:22) The name Dan means “to judge,” and so very often, the tribe of Dan is represented on banners with a scale symbolizing justice. When Jacob blessed and prophesied of this tribe, he...
Aug 15, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Blessed is he who enlarges Gad; he dwells as a lion, and tears the arm and the crown of his head. He provided the first part for himself, because a lawgiver’s portion was reserved there. He came with the heads of the people; he administered the justice of the Lord,...
Aug 14, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out, and Issachar in your tents! They shall call the peoples to the mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness for they shall partake of the abundance of the seas and of treasures hidden in the sand. (Deuteronomy...
Aug 13, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Let the blessing come on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him who was separate from his brothers. (Deuteronomy 33:16) With this statement, Moses actually quotes what Jacob had said of Joseph just before he died. If he repeats Jacob, it merits our...
Aug 12, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
And of Joseph he said: “Blessed of the Lord is his land, with the precious things of heaven, with the dew, and the deep lying beneath, with the precious fruits of the sun, with the precious produce of the moon.” (Deuteronomy 33:13-14) Following the blessing pronounced...
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