Genesis 49:18
New International Version
“I look for your deliverance, LORD.

New Living Translation
I trust in you for salvation, O LORD!

English Standard Version
I wait for your salvation, O LORD.

Berean Standard Bible
I await Your salvation, O LORD.

King James Bible
I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.

New King James Version
I have waited for your salvation, O LORD!

New American Standard Bible
“For Your salvation I wait, LORD.

NASB 1995
“For Your salvation I wait, O LORD.

NASB 1977
“For Thy salvation I wait, O LORD.

Legacy Standard Bible
For Your salvation I hope, O Yahweh.

Amplified Bible
“I wait for Your salvation, O LORD.

Christian Standard Bible
I wait for your salvation, LORD.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I wait for Your salvation, LORD.

American Standard Version
I have waited for thy salvation, O Jehovah.

Contemporary English Version
Our LORD, I am waiting for you to save us.

English Revised Version
I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"I wait with hope for you to rescue me, O LORD.

Good News Translation
"I wait for your deliverance, LORD.

International Standard Version
"LORD, I'm waiting for your salvation."

Majority Standard Bible
I await Your salvation, O LORD.

NET Bible
I wait for your deliverance, O LORD.

New Heart English Bible
I wait for your salvation, God.

Webster's Bible Translation
I have waited for thy salvation O LORD.

World English Bible
I have waited for your salvation, Yahweh.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
For Your salvation I have waited, YHWH!

Young's Literal Translation
For Thy salvation I have waited, Jehovah!

Smith's Literal Translation
I waited for thy deliverance, Jehovah.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
I will look for thy salvation, 0 Lord.

Catholic Public Domain Version
I will wait for your salvation, O Lord.

New American Bible
“I long for your deliverance, O LORD!

New Revised Standard Version
I wait for your salvation, O LORD.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
For your salvation I have waited, LORD JEHOVAH.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
I wait for Thy salvation, O Lord.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
waiting for the salvation of the Lord.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Jacob Blesses His Sons
17He will be a snake by the road, a viper in the path that bites the horse’s heels so that its rider tumbles backward. 18I await Your salvation, O LORD. 19Gad will be attacked by raiders, but he will attack their heels.…

Cross References
Psalm 62:1
For the choirmaster. According to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. In God alone my soul finds rest; my salvation comes from Him.

Isaiah 25:9
And 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.”

Lamentations 3:26
It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.

Psalm 130:5
I wait for the LORD; my soul does wait, and in His word I put my hope.

Isaiah 33:2
O LORD, be gracious to us! We wait for You. Be our strength every morning and our salvation in time of trouble.

Micah 7:7
But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.

Psalm 27:14
Wait patiently for the LORD; be strong and courageous. Wait patiently for the LORD!

Isaiah 40:31
But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.

Psalm 37:7
Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when men prosper in their ways, when they carry out wicked schemes.

Habakkuk 3:16
I heard and trembled within; my lips quivered at the sound. Decay entered my bones; I trembled where I stood. Yet I must wait patiently for the day of distress to come upon the people who invade us.

Romans 8:25
But if we hope for what we do not yet see, we wait for it patiently.

Titus 2:13
as we await the blessed hope and glorious appearance of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.

Hebrews 9:28
so also Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many; and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who eagerly await Him.

1 Thessalonians 1:10
and to await His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead—Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath.

James 5:7-8
Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil—how patient he is for the fall and spring rains. / You, too, be patient and strengthen your hearts, because the Lord’s coming is near.


Treasury of Scripture

I have waited for your salvation, O LORD.

Psalm 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 be glad.

Psalm 25:6
Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old.

Psalm 40:1
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

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Genesis 49
1. Jacob calls his sons to bless them.
3. Their blessing in particular.
29. He charges them about his burial.
33. He dies.














I await
The Hebrew word for "await" is "קָוָה" (qavah), which conveys a sense of hope and expectation. This word is not merely passive waiting but involves an active, hopeful anticipation. In the context of Jacob's blessings to his sons, this phrase reflects a deep trust and reliance on God's timing and provision. It suggests a posture of faith, where one looks forward to God's intervention with confidence. This waiting is akin to the patience of a farmer who plants seeds and waits for the harvest, trusting in the natural order established by God.

Your salvation
The term "salvation" in Hebrew is "יְשׁוּעָה" (yeshu'ah), which means deliverance or rescue. In the Old Testament, salvation often refers to God's intervention in the lives of His people, delivering them from physical or spiritual peril. This word is rich with messianic implications, pointing forward to the ultimate salvation through Jesus Christ. Jacob's declaration here is prophetic, expressing a longing for the ultimate deliverance that God promises. It is a reminder that true salvation comes from the LORD alone, and it is both a present reality and a future hope for believers.

O LORD
The name "LORD" is translated from the Hebrew "יְהוָה" (YHWH), the personal name of God revealed to Moses at the burning bush (Exodus 3:14). This name is sacred and signifies God's eternal, self-existent nature. It is a reminder of God's covenant faithfulness and His unchanging character. By invoking the name of the LORD, Jacob acknowledges the personal relationship between God and His people. It is a declaration of trust in the One who is sovereign over all circumstances and who is faithful to fulfill His promises. This invocation is a powerful affirmation of faith, recognizing that salvation and deliverance are found in the LORD alone.

(18) I have waited for thy salvation, O Lord (Jehovah).--Among the many explanations hazarded of this ejaculation the most probable is that given in the Speaker's Commentary, that the thought of the serpent wounding his prey in the heel carried the mind of the patriarch back to the fall of man, and the promise made to Eve. And thus it is a profession of faith, naturally called out by this chain of ideas, in the advent in due time of the promised Deliverer, and of which the accomplishment had become united in thought with the name of Jehovah.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
I await
קִוִּ֥יתִי (qiw·wî·ṯî)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 6960: To bind together, collect, to expect

Your salvation,
לִֽישׁוּעָתְךָ֖ (lî·šū·‘ā·ṯə·ḵā)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 3444: Something saved, deliverance, aid, victory, prosperity

O LORD.
יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel


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