Genesis 49:1

Then Jacob called for his sons and said to them, “Come here, and gather around close to me so that I can speak to you. I will tell you what will happen to you and your children and all your descendants in the future.”

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In The King James Version

And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.

In Context

2The old man had two names. One was Jacob, but God had given him another important name, Israel. He said to his sons, “Come together and listen to me. Listen to your father Israel.” Then he spoke his last words to them one by one, before he died.

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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 →

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