Genesis 49:1
And Jacob called his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, and I will tell you what will befall you at the end of days.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
2Assemble yourselves, and hear, ye sons of Jacob, And listen to Israel your father.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:30In thy tribulation, and when all these things shall come upon thee, at the end of days, thou shalt return to Jehovah thy God, and shalt hearken to his voice,
Deuteronomy 31:28Gather to me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and take heaven and earth to witness against them.
Psalms 25:14The secret of Jehovah is with them that fear him, that he may make known his covenant to them.
Isaiah 2:2And it shall come to pass in the end of days, [that] the mountain of Jehovah's house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be lifted up above the hills; and all the nations shall flow unto it.
Isaiah 39:6Behold, days come when all that is in thy house, and that which thy fathers have laid up until this day, shall be carried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith Jehovah.
Isaiah 53:1Who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of Jehovah been revealed?
Matthew Henry on Genesis 49:1
This chapter is a prophecy; the likest to it we have yet met with was that of Noah, ch. ix. 25 , &c. Jacob is here upon his death-bed, making his will. He put it off till now, because dying men's words are apt to make deep impressions, and to be remembered long: what he said here, he could not say when he would, but as the Spirit gave him utterance, who chose this time, that divine strength might be perfected in his weakness. The twelve sons of Jacob were, in their day, men of renown, but the twelve tribes of… Read the whole commentary →