Genesis 49:1
Jacob summoned his sons and said, “Come near, so I can tell you what will happen to you in days to come.”
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2Assemble, sons of Jacob, and listen to Israel your father.
Cross References
Psalms 25:14The Lord gives guidance to those who revere him, and with his covenant he makes them acquainted.
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 →