Gen 49:10, Luk 1:27, 39 | JFB | STEP | 10. until Shiloh come —Shiloh—this obscure word is variously interpreted to mean "the sent" ( ), "the seed" ( ), the "peaceable or prosperous one" ( ) —that is, the Messiah ( ); and when He should come, "the tribe of Judah should no longer boast either an independent king or a judge of their own" [CALVIN ]. The Jews have been for eighteen centuries without a ruler and without a judge since Shiloh came, and "to Him the gathering of the people has been." . ZEBULUN was to have its lot on the seacoast, close to Zidon, and to engage, like that state, in maritime pursuits and commerce. . ISSACHAR

Genesis 49:10

10. until Shiloh come—Shiloh—this obscure word is variously interpreted to mean "the sent" (Joh 17:3), "the seed" (Isa 11:1), the "peaceable or prosperous one" (Eph 2:14) —that is, the Messiah (Isa 11:10; Ro 15:12); and when He should come, "the tribe of Judah should no longer boast either an independent king or a judge of their own" [CALVIN]. The Jews have been for eighteen centuries without a ruler and without a judge since Shiloh came, and "to Him the gathering of the people has been."

Ge 49:13. ZEBULUN was to have its lot on the seacoast, close to Zidon, and to engage, like that state, in maritime pursuits and commerce.

Ge 49:14, 15. ISSACHAR—

Luke 1:27

Luke 1:39

39. hill country—the mountainous tract running along the middle of Judea, from north to south [WEBSTER and WILKINSON].

with haste—transported with the announcement to herself and with the tidings, now first made known to her, of Elisabeth's condition.

a city of Juda—probably Hebron (see Jos 20:7; 21:11).