Six ways to encounter God here
A passage is not only to be understood; it is to be lived with. Choose how you want to meet God in Genesis 49:18, and Living Bread opens it right there.
Read itSit with the words themselves in The Word.Study itContext, cross-references, and questions in Bible Study.Be still in itLet it quiet you in the Sanctuary.Pray itTurn it into a prayer of your own.Hide it in your heartMemorize it, word by word.Encounter it togetherGather a few people to walk through it.
The web of Scripture around it
Where this passage echoes across the Bible, from the cross-reference graph, 12 connected Scriptures. Each one is a door to meet God there too.
- Psalms 119:166
LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments.
- Psalms 119:174
I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight.
- Isaiah 25:9
And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will …
- Micah 7:7
Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
- Psalms 130:5
I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.
- 1 Thessalonians 1:10
And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.
- Luke 2:25
And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the…
- Psalms 25:5
Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.
- Lamentations 3:25
The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
- Psalms 40:1
I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
- Psalms 14:7
Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall …
- Luke 1:30
And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.
More to meet God in Genesis
How it points to Christ
Every Scripture ultimately leads to Jesus. See how the whole Bible points to Him in Christ in all Scripture, then meet Him for yourself.