Genesis 49:1
Jacob called his sons together, and said, “Gather round so I can tell you what's going to happen to you in the future.
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2Come here, sons of Jacob, and listen to Israel your father.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:30When you are in trouble, after you've experienced all these things, then eventually you will return to the Lord your God and do what he says.
Deuteronomy 31:28Summon all the elders of your tribes and all your officers to gather here before me so that I can tell them this directly and call on heaven and earth as witnesses against them.
Psalms 25:14The Lord is friends with those who respect him, explaining to them his agreement.
Isaiah 2:2In the last days the mountain where the Lord's Temple stands will be recognized as the highest of all mountains, rising above other hills. Many from the other nations will travel to it.
Isaiah 39:6You can be certain that the time is coming when everything in your palace, and everything that your forefathers have saved up until now, will be taken away to Babylon. There will be nothing left, says the Lord.
Isaiah 53:1Has anyone believed our news? Who has the Lord shown his power to?
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 →