Genesis 49:18

Jacob pauses mid-blessing to confess his hope: 'I have waited for your salvation, Yahweh.'

Cross-references · 28

• Ps 119:166I wait for Your salvation, O LORD, and I carry out Your commandments.
• Isa 25:9And in that day it will be said, “Surely this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He has saved us. This is the LORD for whom we have waited. Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation.”
• Ps 119:174I long for Your salvation, O LORD, and Your law is my delight.
• Mic 7:7But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
• Ps 130:5I wait for the LORD; my soul does wait, and in His word I put my hope.
• 1 Th 1:10and to await His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead—Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath.
• Ps 25:5–6Guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; all day long I wait for You.
• Luke 2:25Now there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.
• Ps 40:1For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry.
• Lam 3:25The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.
• Rom 8:25But if we hope for what we do not yet see, we wait for it patiently.
• Isa 8:17I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in Him.
• Mark 15:43Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent Council member who himself was waiting for the kingdom of God, boldly went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus.
• Luke 1:30So the angel told her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
• Luke 2:30For my eyes have seen Your salvation,
• Luke 23:51who had not consented to their decision or action. He was from the Judean town of Arimathea, and was waiting for the kingdom of God.
• Gal 5:5But by faith we eagerly await through the Spirit the hope of righteousness.
• Ps 62:5Rest in God alone, O my soul, for my hope comes from Him.
• Ps 62:1For the choirmaster. According to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. In God alone my soul finds rest; my salvation comes from Him.
• Matt 1:21She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”
• Rom 8:19The creation waits in eager expectation for the revelation of the sons of God.
• Isa 33:2O LORD, be gracious to us! We wait for You. Be our strength every morning and our salvation in time of trouble.
• Ps 14:7Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come from Zion! When the LORD restores His captive people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad!
• Ps 123:2As the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maidservant look to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes are on the LORD our God until He shows us mercy.
• Ps 85:7Show us Your loving devotion, O LORD, and grant us Your salvation.
• Ps 119:41May Your loving devotion come to me, O LORD, Your salvation, according to Your promise.
• Isa 30:18Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore He rises to show you compassion, for the LORD is a just God. Blessed are all who wait for Him.
• Isa 36:8Now, therefore, make a bargain with my master, the king of Assyria. I will give you two thousand horses—if you can put riders on them!

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