Genesis 49:24 (WEB)
But his bow remained strong. The arms of his hands were made strong, by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, (from there is the shepherd, the stone of Israel),
Catechism · 1
“If God is almighty "in heaven and on earth", it is because he made them.” — Catechism footnote: Gen 49:24; Is 1:24 etc.; Pss 24:8-10; 135 6.
Fathers and councils · 5
Justin Martyr
““And it was prophesied by Jacob the patriarch that there would be two advents of Christ, and that in the first He would suffer, and that after He came there would be neither prophet nor king in your nation (I proceeded), and that the nations who believed in the suffering Christ would look for His future appearance.” — editor's note: [Gen. xlix. 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 18, 24. These texts are frequently referred to by Justin.]
Read the whole comment“And that the stone symbolically proclaimed Christ, we have also proved by many Scriptures; and that the unguent, whether it was of oil, or of stacte, or of any other compounded sweet balsams, had reference to Him, we have also proved, inasmuch as the word says: ‘Therefore God, even Thy God, hath anointed…” — editor's note: [Myrrh. Christ the (Anointed) Rock is also referred to by Jacob (Gen. xlix. 24).]
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Hippolytus of Rome
“Gen. xlix. 21–26 Nephthalim is a slender thing, showing beauty in the shoot.” — the author cites it
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Augustine of Hippo
““And He rejected,” he saith, “the tabernacle of Joseph, and the tribe of Ephraim He chose not” (ver. 68).” — editor's note: [Jeroboam represented the house of Joseph (1 Kings xi. 28), and was offended at the removal of the Tabernacle (1 Kings viii. 4) to Jerusalem. But God overruled…
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Cyprian of Carthage
“This is the stone in Genesis, which Jacob places at his head, because the head of the man is Christ; and as he slept he saw a ladder reaching to heaven, on which the Lord was placed, and angels were ascending and descending.” — editor's note: [The anointing of this stone gave it the name of Messiah in our author’s account; and this interpretation gives great dignity to Jacob’s dying reference to…
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Cross-references · 15
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 86.
Cited together in Catechism §269.
Cited together in Catechism §269.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 86.
Cited together in Catechism §269.
Cited together in Catechism §269.
Cited together in Catechism §269.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 86.
Cited together in Catechism §269.
Cited together in Catechism §269.
Cited together in Catechism §269.
Cited together in Catechism §269.
Cited together in Catechism §269.
Cited together in Catechism §269.
Cited together in Catechism §269.