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Genesis 49:1

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Genesis 49:1 (WEB)

Jacob called to his sons, and said: “Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which will happen to you in the days to come.

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  • “Thou wert wanton, boil not over like water; because thou wentest up to thy father’s bed; then defiledst thou the couch to which thou wentest up.”” — editor's note: Gen. xlix. 1–4.

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  • “Or if you will go back to more remote times, think of the life of Noah, who prophesied; and of Isaac, who gave his son a prophetic blessing; or of Jacob, who addressed each of his twelve sons, beginning with “Come, that I may tell you what shall befall you in the last days.”” — editor's note: [Gen. xlix. 1. S.]

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  • “But with regard to the consummation of the world, Jacob is the first who gives any information, in addressing his children in the words: “Gather yourselves together unto me, ye sons of Jacob, that I may tell you what shall be in the last days,” or “after the last days.”” — editor's note: Gen. xlix. 1. The Vulgate has, “In diebus novissimis;” the Sept. ᾽Επ᾽ ἐσχάτων τῶν ἡμερῶν: the Masoretic text, תירִחֲאְַבְּ.

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