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today is the 12th sabbath of the annual torah cycle: parashah (torah portion) vayechi / and he lived, gen 47:28-50:26. read genesis 47:28-50:26 at bible gateway.
2a) gen 50:22-26 (p), joseph’s request that his bones be taken up from egypt.
the discussion on the meaning of shiloh and its messianic significance from gensenius’ hebrew lexicon is enlightening. the root word from which shiloh is derived, is the verb to be at rest, the same root that gives us shalom.
“the sceptre shall not depart from judah until tranquility shall come, and the peoples shall obey him,” meaning judah; i.e., judah shall not lay down the sceptre of the ruler, until his enemies be subdued, and he shall rule over many people; an expectation belonging to the kingdom of the messiah, who was to spring from the tribe of judah.
others take the meaning of shiloh as the concrete noun, and render it, the peaceable one, the peacemaker; either understanding the messiah (compare to isa 9:1-7) or solomon (compare to 1 chr 22:9). the ancient versions take shiloh as being compounded in this sense, “until he shall come to whom the sceptre, the dominion, belongs;” i.e. messiah.
the central axis in gen 49:18 contains a covert messianic prophecy, besides the above overt messianic prophecy.
“salvation” is in hebrew, strong’s h3444, yeshua, the name of our savior and lord!
israel is prophetically blessing his seed, and at the center of that blessing is yeshua, the seed of israel and the seed of promise! israel is declaring that he and his seed will wait upon the lord for the promise of his coming, of gen 3:15 fulfilled!

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The total number of "f"s in that passage is 21.
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