than two or three verses, most receiving only one. This mirrors chapters 37–50, where Joseph is destined to rule over his brothers and given preferential treatment by Jacob (37:3–4, 5–11, 34–35; 48:1–22), while Judah emerges as the leader among Jacob’s other sons (37:26–27; 38:1–26; 43:3–10; 44:14–34; 46:28). The preeminence of Judah and Joseph in Jacob’s oracle foreshadows the leadership of the two tribes in the early history of Israel (cf. Josh. 18:5). In predicting the “scepter” would not depart