Genesis 49:18 English Standard Version (ESV) I wait for your salvation, O Lord.

Returning once again to definitions let us see what the first use has to reveal. This is the verse where salvation is first used. The Hebrew word translated into English is for “your salvation” and not just salvation alone. The word is yeshuw`ah and is pronounced yesh·ü’·ä. By Jewish tradition the name Yeshua is a man, not an act. What is perhaps more telling is the context upon which the word was used.

Genesis 49:1 English Standard Version (ESV) Then Jacob called his sons and said, “Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you what shall happen to you in days to come.

Jacob (Israel) gives a strong prophetic message to all his sons. Verse 18 is a reflection on Dan.

Genesis 49:17-18 English Standard Version (ESV)

¹⁷ Dan shall be a serpent in the way, a viper by the path, that bites the horse’s heels so that his rider falls backward.
¹⁸ I wait for your salvation, O Lord.

The Holy Spirit brings us remembrance of words spoken from Genesis 3.

Genesis 3:15 English Standard Version (ESV) I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.”

God was speaking to the serpent in this passage.

Mattityahu 1:21 Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB) And she shall bear BEN (Son) and you will call SHMO YEHOSHUA because he will bring his people yeshuah (rescue, salvation, deliverance) from their peyshaim (rebellions).

Matthew 1:21 English Standard Version (ESV) She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”

What is important here is the connection between the actions of our savior in that the work of the cross was only the first act of salvation and that the process continues. Our Lord sits on the throne of heaven and continues to save us from the attacks of Satan and from our own weaknesses.