Matthew Poole and continuators on Genesis 49:11

11 Binding his foale unto the vine, and his asses colt unto the choice vine : he washed his garments in wine , and his cloathes in the blood of grapes .

He signifies the plenty of vines in Iudahs portion, that they shall be planted every where, even in the commons and high-ways where men travel, and where upon occasion they use to tie the beasts on which they ride to any tree which is near them.

Such shall be the plenty of it, that if it were convenient, men might use wine in stead of water to wash their garments.

So the wine is called also in D[illegible: 1+ letters]t. 32. 14. 1 Macc. 6. 34. and by Pliny, Hesiod and others. As oil is called the blood of the olive.