Genesis 49:18
I have waited for thy salvation, O Lord.
Cross-references
Isaiah 33:2 pleads 'we wait for you... our salvation in time of trouble' — directly echoing Jacob's request.
1 Thessalonians 1:10 expresses waiting for Jesus who delivers from wrath, a New Testament counterpart to Jacob's hope for salvation.
Galatians 5:5 similarly speaks of eagerly waiting for righteousness through faith, echoing Jacob's cry for salvation.
Romans 8:25 directly reinforces waiting with patience for what is unseen — the same attitude of expectant faith.
Luke 2:30 records Simeon seeing God's salvation — the fulfillment of the waiting expressed in this verse.
Luke 2:25 describes Simeon waiting for the consolation of Israel — a direct parallel to Jacob's waiting for salvation.
Micah 7:7 mirrors this with 'I will wait for the God of my salvation' — a direct parallel of waiting expectantly for divine deliverance.
In Lamentations 3:25, this same posture of waiting for the Lord is affirmed: He is good to those who wait for Him.
Psalm 14:7 expresses the same longing for salvation from Zion — directly parallels Jacob's cry 'I wait for your salvation'.
Isaiah 30:18 reveals YHVH waits to be gracious, and blesses those who wait for Him — complementing Jacob's faith.
Isaiah 25:9 rejoices 'we have waited for him, that he might save us... in his salvation' — echoing Jacob's cry.
Isaiah 8:17 says 'I will wait for the LORD... and I will hope in him' — a direct parallel to Jacob's waiting.
Psalm 119:174 says 'I long for your salvation, O LORD' — almost identical wording of waiting for deliverance.
Psalm 119:166 directly mirrors this hope: 'I hope for your salvation, O LORD' — the same longing expressed.
Psalm 40:1 echoes patient waiting for the LORD — a direct thematic parallel to Jacob's posture of waiting for salvation.
Psalm 62:1 says the soul silently waits for God, from whom comes salvation — identical theme of waiting for salvation.
Psalm 130:5 explicitly says 'I wait for the LORD, my soul waits' — the same confident expectation as Jacob.
Psalm 62:5 repeats the call to wait silently for God — closely parallels the waiting posture in Jacob's exclamation.
Psalm 27:14 explicitly commands waiting for the Lord, directly reinforcing the same patient hope as in Genesis 49:18.
Isaiah 64:4 declares God acts for those who wait for him, directly affirming the confidence in waiting from Genesis 49:18.
Psalm 39:7 asks 'for what do I wait?' and declares hope in God—identical in theme to Jacob's waiting.
Lamentations 3:26 echoes the same waiting on God's salvation, using nearly identical words.
Matthew 1:21 identifies Jesus as the one who saves His people — the salvation Jacob waited for is personified in Him.
1 Corinthians 1:7 describes waiting for Christ's revelation, a NT counterpart to waiting for salvation.
Mark 15:43 shows Joseph of Arimathea looking for the kingdom — a similar posture of waiting for God's redemptive work.
Luke 23:51 again shows Joseph of Arimathea waiting for the kingdom — echoing the hope for divine intervention.
Hosea 12:6 also urges waiting continually for God, but in a context of returning to Him.
Psalm 119:41 asks for YHVH's salvation according to His promise, echoing Jacob's plea for deliverance.
Psalm 85:7 asks God for salvation — a related petition, but less direct than the waiting theme of the main verse.
Romans 8:19 speaks of creation waiting eagerly for revelation — a broader but related hope for ultimate salvation.
Psalm 123:2 pictures eyes looking to the Lord for mercy, a posture of dependence parallel to waiting for salvation.