Genesis 49:1ff
And Jacob called unto his sons, and said,"Gather yourselves together
that I may tell you...
Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob;
and hearken unto Israel your father."
........
Genesis 49:18
“LORD, I am waiting for your salvation."
The Genesis Record
by Henry Morris
page 658
...this salvation for which he (Jacob ) was waitng was actually a person.
The word itself is the Hebrew yeshuah, which is none other than the name "Jesus!"
This becomes even the more significant when it is realized that here we have the first mention of
the word "salvation" in the Bible.
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