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Review of perek 49 part 1

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  • ג – How does יעקב begin to describe ראובן?
    My strength and first power.
  • י - What does שילה refer to? How?
    משיח – "שהמלוכה שלו"
  • יא – what does tying his donkey to vine refer to?
    There will be so much wine in his land that you will be able to tie down a donkey to one vine.
  • ז – What did יעקב curse?
    שמעון & לוי’s anger
  • ו - Which “man” did they kill? Why are they called “a man”?
    חמור & the people of שכם. They were like one man to them.
  • יב – What is the ברכה of red eyes and white teeth?
    A person who drinks much wine gets red eyes. There will be a lot of milk from the many animals because of the good pasture.
  • יא - Why does it say he will wash his clothes in wine?
    There will be so much wine he could wash with it like water.
  • ד - Who else did ראובן desecrate?
    The שכינה that would come on my bed.
  • ה - What did they steal?
    The “tools” of עשו – murder.
  • א – Why did יעקב tell his sons to gather together? What happened?
    He wanted to reveal them when would be the “end of days”. The שכינה left him and he began to speak about other things.
  • ט – What is יהודה compared to?
    A lion
  • ה – Why are שמעון & לוי called brothers?
    They did things together by שכם and against יוסף.
  • ז - How will שמעון & לוי be divided amongst ישראל?
    From שמעון will be poor people, סופרים, and Rebbeim of children. לוי will collect תרומה & מעשר.
  • ח – Why does יעקב say to יהודה “you - your brothers will praise you”?
    He was afraid what יעקב was going to say to him. יעקב said – you are different!
  • ט - What is it referring to “From the prey my son rose up”?
    From what יעקב suspected him of killing יוסף, and from killing תמר.
  • ו – What did יעקב say that he didn’t want to be part of?
    The story of זמרי and קרח
  • ו - What “ox” did they want to uproot?
    יוסף
  • י – What does “the scepter will not leave” refer to? When?
    From דוד and on, the rulers will be from יהודה. Even in בבל
  • ד - Why does ראובן not get more than his brothers? What did ראובן do wrong?
    He was “quick as water”. He moved the bed of his father.