Ten, który „przyjdzie”. Analiza porównawcza tekstów Rdz 49, 8-12 oraz Pwt 33, 7

Abstract

The paper is a detailed exegetic analysis of the lines Gn 49, 8-12 and Deut 33, 7 and it also compares the results of the analysis. The study allows us to state that the logion Deut 33, 7 and the proverb Gn 49, 8-12 are, from the biblical point of view, the bearers of the essential truths of the message of salvation. Both texts under discussion show an affinity between the thoughts they contain. Moreover, they supplement each other, outlining together a more complete image of the figure to which they were particularly dedicated, with the stipulation, however, that they treat of the same person. In their light it turns out exceptionally close to God, and at the same time has some relations with Judah. It appears as someone who will come to existence in a concrete nation. Its mission w ill embrace the whole of mankind for which the mysterious person seems to be the Lord and someone so close as a mother is close to her child.