Deuteronomy 33 and Genesis 49 Compared.
Genesis 49 and Deuteronomy 33 both speak of the Individual Tribes of Israel in the End Times.
The Sages said that these two sources complement each other.
They also tell us something about the Tribes and help us identify what present-day nations they refer to.
We have brought the two sources together verse-by-verse, Tribes-by-Tribes, to c ompare the two.
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The Tribes:
Genesis (TCTanakh) 49:
1 JACOB CALLED FOR HIS SONS AND SAID, "GATHER AND I WILL TELL YOU WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO YOU AT THE END OF DAYS.
2 GATHER AND LISTEN, SONS OF JACOB, AND LISTEN TO ISRAEL, YOUR FATHER.
Deuteronomy (TCTanakh) 33:
4 The Torah that Moses commanded us is a legacy for the congregation of Jacob.
5 And He was King in Jeshurun, whenever the sum total of the people were gathered, and the tribes of Israel were together.
The Torah is the Legacy of all the Israelite Tribes. Eventually ALL the Tribes will have to return to the Torah.
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Reuben.
Genesis (TCTanakh) 49:
3 REUBEN, YOU ARE MY FIRSTBORN, MY STRENGTH AND THE FIRST OF MY MIGHT. [YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN] SUPERIOR IN RANK AND SUPERIOR IN POWER.
4 [YOU HAVE] THE RESTLESSNESS OF WATER; [THEREFORE,] YOU SHALL NOT HAVE SUPERIORITY, FOR YOU ASCENDED UPON YOUR FATHER'S COUCH; THEN YOU PROFANED [HIM WHO] ASCENDED UPON MY BED.
Deuteronomy (TCTanakh) 33:
6 May Reuben live and not die, and may his people be counted in the number.
1-Chronciles (CTC) 5:
1 AND THE SONS OF REUBEN, THE FIRSTBORN OF ISRAEL, FOR HE WAS THE FIRSTBORN, BUT WHEN HE DEFILED HIS FATHER'S BED, HIS BIRTHRIGHT WAS GIVEN TO THE SONS OF JOSEPH THE SON OF ISRAEL, BUT NOT TO BE RECKONED IN THE GENEALOGY AS FIRSTBORN.
2 BECAUSE JUDAH PREVAILED OVER HIS BROTHERS, AND THE ONE APPOINTED AS PRINCE WAS TO BE FROM HIM, BUT THE BIRTHRIGHT BELONGED TO JOSEPH.
The mass of Reuben may not have been exceptional but he would produce individuals of great note.
Reuben will excel in many spheres but often be at the forefront< Nevertheless, the paramouncy will eventually escape him. We identify Reuben with a major portion of the French.
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Simeon and Levi.
Genesis (TCTanakh) 49:
5 SIMEON AND LEVI ARE BROTHERS; STOLEN INSTRUMENTS ARE THEIR WEAPONS (Instruments of Violence are their tools of Trade).
6 LET MY SOUL NOT ENTER THEIR COUNSEL; MY HONOR, YOU SHALL NOT JOIN THEIR ASSEMBLY, FOR IN THEIR WRATH THEY KILLED A MAN, AND WITH THEIR WILL THEY HAMSTRUNG A BULL.
7 CURSED BE THEIR WRATH FOR IT IS MIGHTY, AND THEIR ANGER BECAUSE IT IS HARSH. I WILL SEPARATE THEM THROUGHOUT JACOB, AND I WILL SCATTER THEM THROUGHOUT ISRAEL.
Levi
Deuteronomy (TCTanakh) 33:
8 And of Levi he said: "Your Tummim and Urim belong to Your pious man, whom You tested at Massah and whom You tried at the waters of Meribah,
9 who said of his father and his mother, 'I do not see him'; neither did he recognize his brothers, nor did he know his children, for they observed Your word and kept Your covenant.
10 They shall teach Your ordinances to Jacob, and Your Torah to Israel; they shall place incense before You, and burnt offerings upon Your altar.
11 May the LORD bless his army and favorably accept the work of his hands; strike the loins of those who rise up against him and his enemies, so that they will not recover."
Simeon and Levi were scattered throughout Israel. Levi became the Levites who were often Talmudic Sages and teachers. Simeon were also often teachers of little children, policemen, and the like. Sometimes fundraisers.
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Judah.
Genesis (TCTanakh) 49:
8 JUDAH, [AS FOR] YOU, YOUR BROTHERS WILL ACKNOWLEDGE YOU. YOUR HAND WILL BE AT THE NAPE OF YOUR ENEMIES, [AND] YOUR FATHER'S SONS WILL PROSTRATE THEMSELVES TO YOU.
9 A CUB [AND] A GROWN LION IS JUDAH. FROM THE PREY, MY SON, YOU WITHDREW. HE CROUCHED, RESTED LIKE A LION, AND LIKE A LION, WHO WILL ROUSE HIM?
10 THE SCEPTER SHALL NOT DEPART FROM JUDAH, NOR THE STUDENT OF THE LAW FROM BETWEEN HIS FEET, UNTIL SHILOH COMES, AND TO HIM WILL BE A GATHERING OF PEOPLES.
11 HE BINDS HIS FOAL TO A VINE, AND TO A TENDRIL [HE BINDS] HIS YOUNG DONKEY. [HE LAUNDERS] HIS GARMENT WITH WINE, AND WITH THE BLOOD OF GRAPES BINDS HIS RAIMENT.
12 [HE IS] RED EYED FROM WINE AND WHITE TOOTHED FROM MILK.
Deuteronomy (TCTanakh) 33:
7 May this [also be] for Judah." And he [Moses] said, "O LORD, hearken to Judah's voice and bring him to his people; may his hands do battle for him, and may You be a help against his adversaries."
The future Messiah will come from Judah. Judah will defeat his enemies and save the world from self-destruction. Judah will always keep the Law and retain his identity unlikle most of the other Tribes. Lawmakers, lawyers, sceintists, adminsitrators, etc, are often from Judah.
Judah throughout much of his history will have been virtually alone but in the End Times his brothers will begin to help him. Judah in turn will save the rest of Israel.
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Zebulon,
Genesis (TCTanakh) 49:
13 ZEBULUN WILL DWELL ON THE COAST OF THE SEAS; HE [WILL BE] AT THE HARBOR (Hebrew "chof" i.e. SHORE) OF THE SHIPS, AND HIS BOUNDARY WILL BE AT ZIDON.
Zebulon and the sons of Zebulon (Sebulongoi, Chali, Holland, Suaredenoi cf. Genesis (CTC) 46: 14 AND THE SONS OF ZEBULUN WERE SERED, ELON, AND JAHLEEL).are recalled in the names of peoples who settled in the Netherlands. His land is built up on the sea-shores, to the east of Zebulon in areas of Germany in ancient times were to be found place-names indicating settlements of Canaanites from the area of Sidon (Zidon) in Phoenicia,
Zebulon and Issachar.
Deuteronomy (TCTanakh) 33:
18 And to Zebulun he said: "Rejoice, Zebulun, in your departure, and Issachar, in your tents.
19 They will call peoples to the mountain; there, they will offer up righteous sacrifices. For they will be nourished by the abundance of the seas, and by the treasures hidden in the sand."
Issachar is found in both Finland and Switzerland. Finland borders the sea whereas Switzerland does not but is bound in by mountains. Both countries have internationalist inlcinations together with insular tendencies.
Issachar
Genesis (TCTanakh) 49:
14 ISSACHAR IS A STRONG-BONED DONKEY, LYING BETWEEN THE BOUNDARIES.
15 HE SAW A RESTING PLACE, THAT IT WAS GOOD, AND THE LAND, THAT IT WAS PLEASANT, AND HE BENT HIS SHOULDER TO BEAR [BURDENS], AND HE BECAME AN INDENTURED LABORER.
An "Indentured Laborer" in Hebrew "Mas Oved" implies a one-tracked mind of ability but not expansive, dedicated to a single purpose..
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Dan.
Genesis (TCTanakh) 49:
16 DAN WILL AVENGE HIS PEOPLE, LIKE ONE, THE TRIBES OF ISRAEL.
17 DAN WILL BE A SERPENT ON THE ROAD, A VIPER ON THE PATH, WHICH BITES THE HORSE'S HEELS, SO ITS RIDER FALLS BACKWARDS.
18 FOR YOUR SALVATION, I HOPE, O LORD!
Deuteronomy (TCTanakh) 33:22 And of Dan he said: "Dan is a young lion, streaming (leaping forth) from Bashan."
In ancient times the Tribe of Dan was to be found in several different areas. At first Dan was in Jaffa on the coast stretching to Eshtaol and an area north of Jerusalem and from there they went to the Northern Galilee conquering a Canaanite city known as "Leshem" and renaming it Dan after Dan their father (see Joshua 20: 47). In the northern Galilee it was bordering Bashan and from there they may have moved into it. Later another section moved much further to the north and conquered another Canaanite City known as "Laish" and also conquered it and renamed it too "Dan, after Dan their father" (Judges 18:28). In this area to the north adjoining Bashan they had their small kingdomknown as "Smal" and neighbored by a contingent from Judah ("Yadi"). These etnties from Dan and Judah were conquered by the Assyrians and eventually moved north reaching Denmark where descednants of Dan were known as the Danes and those of Judah as the "Jutes."
"Dan is a young lion, streaming (leaping forth) from Bashan" (Deuteronomy 33:27). The Bashan is the area of Ancient Israel east of the Jordan and to the north. In Ancient Mesopotamia it was known as "Basil." "Basilia" according to the Roman Geographer Pliny was a name applied by the natives to Scandinavia. That is where the Danes are first heard of. At first they were in southern Sweden. The area of Modern Denmark (Jutland and the islands) was then occupied by the Jutes and Angles. These latter two joined the Saxons and together they invaded and conquered southern England. The Danes from Denmark then moved in and occupied the areas of what is now Denmark they had vacated. The Danes had a tradition that they and the Jutes and Angles were from the Lost Tribes of Israel. The Danes were identified with Dan and the Jutes with Judah. Another sourcers said they were descedned from Dan the Great son of Humble. "Humble" could be a nickname for Jacob, i.e. Israel.
Dan became a portion of the Irish and Welsh and also the Danes of Denmark.
Dan is symbolized by both a snake and a lion. In common parlance a "snake" is often taken to symbolize a negative treacherous individual. A lion is the opposite and can indicate the champion of the oppressed. The Irish have both these qualities. The Danes in Denmark during WW2 went out of their way to save the Jews. At present many among the Irish are anti-Jewish but this could change. There are elements in Ireland who identify with Israel. Tradition says that a Savior willa rise from Dan who will join forces with the Messiah son of Joseph who will bring the LTTs back.
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Naphtali.
Genesis (TCTanakh) 49:
21 NAPHTALI IS A SWIFT GAZELLE; [HE IS ONE] WHO UTTERS BEAUTIFUL WORDS.
Deuteronomy (TCTanakh) 33:
23 And of Naphtali he said, "Naphtali is favorably satisfied and full of the LORD's blessing. Possess the Sea and the south."
Fishel Mael ("Safer Shivtai Yisroel") says that Dan tended to have more daughters than sons whereas Naphtali had more sons than daughters. Both Dan and Naftali were full-brothers children of Bilhaha the maidservant of Rachel. They were also neighbors and therefore would have intermixed the sons of Naftali marrying the daughters of Dan.
Naphtali is Norway and possibly also of significance among the Boers of South Africa and the inhabitants of New Zealand. Soo too, in Ireland elements from Naphtali have been noticed. Norway is very rich in natural resources. The Norwegians are also athletic and graceful. Norway has been blessed due to its greographical location. At first its coasts were a breeding ground for herring and this helped the Norwegians get by. In recent times oil resources in the sea off the coast and phosphates on the land have been discovered in the south of the country.
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Joseph.
Genesis (TCTanakh) 49:
22 A CHARMING SON IS JOSEPH, A SON CHARMING TO THE EYE; [OF THE] WOMEN, [EACH ONE] STRODE ALONG TO SEE HIM.
23 THEY HEAPED BITTERNESS UPON HIM AND BECAME QUARRELSOME; YEA, ARCHERS DESPISED HIM.
24 BUT HIS BOW WAS STRONGLY ESTABLISHED, AND HIS ARMS WERE GILDED FROM THE HANDS OF THE MIGHTY ONE OF JACOB; FROM THERE HE SUSTAINED THE ROCK OF ISRAEL,
25 FROM THE GOD OF YOUR FATHER, AND HE WILL HELP YOU, AND WITH THE ALMIGHTY, AND HE WILL BLESS YOU [WITH] THE BLESSINGS OF THE HEAVENS ABOVE, THE BLESSINGS OF THE DEEP, LYING BELOW, THE BLESSINGS OF FATHER AND MOTHER.
26 THE BLESSINGS OF YOUR FATHER SURPASSED THE BLESSINGS OF MY PARENTS, THE ENDS OF THE EVERLASTING HILLS. MAY THEY COME TO JOSEPH'S HEAD AND TO THE CROWN (OF THE HEAD) OF THE ONE WHO WAS SEPARATED FROM HIS BROTHERS.
Deuteronomy (TCTanakh) 33:
13 And of Joseph he said: "His land shall be blessed by the LORD, with the sweetness of the heavens with dew, and with the deep that lies below,
14 and with the sweetness of the produce of the sun, and with the sweetness of the moon's yield,
15 and with the crops of early mountains, and with the sweetness of perennial hills,
16 and with the sweetness of the land and its fullness, and through the contentment of the One Who dwells in the thorn bush. May it come upon Joseph's head and upon the crown of the one separated from his brothers.
17 To his firstborn ox (bull) is [given] glory. His horns are the horns of a re'em (unicorn). With them, he will gore peoples together [throughout all] the ends of the earth these are the myriads of Ephraim, and these are the thousands of Manasseh."
CHARMING TO THE EYE, in Hebrew "ali ayin" literally "with the eye above him" as seen in the Great Seal of the USA.
Numbers 23:22 refers to the horns of the raem as written "toafat" meaning one-horn while being read as "toafot: "two horns" as if the two horns had merged into one as can sometimes happen with horned beasts.
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Gad.
Genesis (TCTanakh) 49:
19 [AS FOR] GAD, A TROOP WILL TROOP FORTH FROM HIM, AND IT WILL TROOP BACK IN ITS TRACKS.
A TROOP WILL TROOP FORTH FROM HIM - literally "a group will group together."
Deuteronomy (TCTanakh) 33:
20 And of Gad he said: "Blessed is He Who grants expanse to Gad; he dwells like a lion, tearing the arm [of his prey, together] with the head.
Gad is Sweden with its collective "reaching-a-consensus" mentality.
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Asher.
Genesis (TCTanakh) 49:
20 FROM ASHER WILL COME RICH FOOD, AND HE WILL YIELD REGAL DELICACIES.
Deuteronomy (TCTanakh) 33:
24 And of Asher he said: "May Asher be blessed with sons. He will be pleasing to his brothers, and immerse his foot in oil.
25 Your locks are iron and copper, and the days of your old age will be like the days of your youth.
26 Jeshurun, there is none like God; He Who rides the heavens is at your assistance, and with His majesty, [He rides] the skies,
27 which are the abode for the God Who precedes all, and below, are the mighty ones of the world. He expelled the enemy from before you, and said, 'Destroy!'
28 And Israel dwelled safely and alone as Jacob [blessed them], in a land of grain and wine; also, their heavens will drip dew.
29 Fortunate are you, O Israel! Who is like you, O people whose salvation is through the Lord, the Shield Who helps you, your majestic Sword! Your enemies will lie to you, but you will tread upon their heights."
We find Asher among the Irish and also historically in Scandinavia.
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Benjamin.
Genesis (TCTanakh) 49:
27 BENJAMIN IS A WOLF, HE WILL PREY; IN THE MORNING HE WILL DEVOUR PLUNDER, AND IN THE EVENING HE WILL DIVIDE THE SPOIL."
Deuteronomy (TCTanakh) 33:
12 And of Benjamin he said, "The LORD's beloved one shall dwell securely beside him; He protects him all day long, and He dwells between his shoulders."
Benjamin is to be found primarily among the Jews. Many of the Hasidim and some of the Ashkanazic Jews may be descended from Benjamin. These are a spiritually inclined people. So too, concerning the Normans and Walloons of Belgium.
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Genesis (TCTanakh) 49:
28 ALL THESE ARE THE TWELVE TRIBES OF ISRAEL, AND THIS IS WHAT THEIR FATHER SPOKE TO THEM AND BLESSED THEM; EACH MAN, ACCORDING TO HIS BLESSING, HE BLESSED THEM.