“Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father’s children shall bow down before thee.”
Judah, your brothers will praise you; your hand will be on the neck of your enemies; your father's sons will bow down to you. The blessing of Judah begins with the praise of the brothers — the man who was transformed across the Joseph narrative now receives the first of the great covenant blessings. The application: the transformation of Judah from Genesis 37 to Genesis 44 is honored in the deathbed blessing with the primacy that Reuben forfeited.
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