Genesis 49:1
And Jacob called unto his sons, and said: gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the latter days.
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In Context
2Assemble yourselves, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; And hearken unto Israel your father.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:30When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, in the latter days thou shalt return to Jehovah thy God, and hearken unto his voice:
Deuteronomy 31:28Assemble unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to witness against them.
Psalms 25:14The friendship of Jehovah is with them that fear him; And he will show them his covenant.
Isaiah 2:2And it shall come to pass in the latter days, that the mountain of Jehovah`s house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.
Isaiah 39:6Behold, the days are coming, when all that is in thy house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be carried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith Jehovah.
Isaiah 53:1Who hath believed our message? 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 →