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Genesis 49

Gen. 49:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Andf Jacob
Ya`aqob (Hebrew #3290)
heel-catcher (i.e. supplanter); Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
KJV usage: Jacob.
Pronounce: yah-ak-obe'
Origin: from 6117
called
qara' (Hebrew #7121)
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(- ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say.
Pronounce: kaw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root (rather identical with 7122 through the idea of accosting a person met)
unto his sons
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
, and said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, Gather yourselves together
'acaph (Hebrew #622)
to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)
KJV usage: assemble, bring, consume, destroy, felch, gather (in, together, up again), X generally, get (him), lose, put all together, receive, recover (another from leprosy), (be) rereward, X surely, take (away, into, up), X utterly, withdraw.
Pronounce: aw-saf'
Origin: a primitive root
, that I may tell
nagad (Hebrew #5046)
properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, explain, praise
KJV usage: bewray, X certainly, certify, declare(-ing), denounce, expound, X fully, messenger, plainly, profess, rehearse, report, shew (forth), speak, X surely, tell, utter.
Pronounce: naw-gad'
Origin: a primitive root
you thatg which shall befall
qara' (Hebrew #7122)
a primitive root: to encounter, whether accidentally or in a hostile manner
KJV usage: befall, (by) chance, (cause to) come (upon), fall out, happen, meet.
Pronounce: kaw-raw'
you in the last
'achariyth (Hebrew #319)
the last or end, hence, the future; also posterity
KJV usage: (last, latter) end (time), hinder (utter) -most, length, posterity, remnant, residue, reward.
Pronounce: akh-ar-eeth'
Origin: from 310
days
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
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Deut. 33:1• 1{i}And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.{/i} (Deut. 33:1)
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Num. 24:14• 14And now, behold, I go unto my people: come therefore, and I will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days. (Num. 24:14)
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Deut. 4:30• 30{i}In thy tribulation, and when all these things shall come upon thee, at the end of days, thou shalt return to Jehovah thy God, and shalt hearken to his voice,{/i} (Deut. 4:30)
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Isa. 2:2• 2And it shall come to pass in the end of days, [that] the mountain of Jehovah's house shall be established on the top (head) of the mountains, and shall be lifted up above the hills; and all the nations shall flow unto it. (Isa. 2:2)
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Jer. 23:20• 20{i}The anger of Jehovah shall not return, until he have executed, and until he have performed the purposes of his heart: at the end of the days ye shall understand it clearly.{/i} (Jer. 23:20)

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Jacob,
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Ministry on This Verse

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1-2:  Jacob calls his sons to bless them.
3-28:  Their blessing in particular.
29-32:  He charges them about his burial.
33:  He dies.
Gather.
Deut. 31:12,28‑29• 12{i}Gather the people together, the men, and the women, and the children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear Jehovah your God, and take heed to do all the words of this law;{/i}
 28{i}Gather to me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and take heaven and earth to witness against them.{/i}
 29{i}For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and will turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and mischief will befall you at the end of days; because ye do evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.{/i} (Deut. 31:12,28‑29)
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Deut. 33:1‑29• 1{i}And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.{/i}
 2{i}And he said,{/i}
 3Yea, he loveth the peoples:{HR}All his saints are in thy hand;{HR}And they sat down at thy feet,{HR}Each receive thy decisions.
 4{i}Moses commanded us a law,{HR}The inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.{HR}{/i}
 5{i}And he was king in Jeshurun,{HR}When the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together{/i}.
 6Let Reuben live and not die, and his men be few .
 7And this is for Judah; and he said,{HR}Hear, O Jehovah, the voice of Judah,{HR}And bring him unto his people:{HR}Let his hands be numerous for him,{HR}And be thou an help from his adversaries.
 8And of Levi he said,{HR}Thy Thummim and thy Urim are for thy holy one,{HR}Whom thou didst prove at Massah,{HR}With whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;
 9Who said of his father and of his mother,{HR}I have not seen him;{HR}Neither did he acknowledge his brethren,{HR}Nor know his own children;{HR}For they kept thy word,{HR}And guarded thy covenant.
 10They shall teach thy judgments to Jacob,{HR}And thy law to Israel:{HR}They shall put incense before thee,{HR}And whole burnt-offering upon thine altar .
 11Bless, Jehovah, his force, and accept the work of his hands:{HR}Strike through the loins of those that rise up against him,{HR}And of those that hate him, that they rise not again.
 12Of Benjamin he said,{HR}The beloved of Jehovah shall dwell in safety by him;{HR}He shall harbour him all the day,{HR}And he shall dwell between his shoulders.
 13And of Joseph he said,{HR}Blessed of Jehovah be his land for the precious things of the heavens,{HR}For the dew and for the deep couching beneath,
 14And for the precious things brought forth by the sun,{HR}And for the precious things driven out by the moon,
 15And for the chief things of the ancient mountains,{HR}And for the precious things of the lasting hills,
 16And the good pleasure of him that dwelt in the bush:{HR}Let it come on the head of Joseph,{HR}And on the top of the head of him that was separated from his brethren.
 17The first-born of his herd is honour to him,{HR}And his horns the horns of a buffalo:{HR}With them he shall push peoples together to the ends of the earth;{HR}And they are the myriads of Ephraim,{HR}And they are the thousands of Manasseh.
 18And of Zebulun he said,{HR}Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out;{HR}And, Issachar, in thy tents.
 19They shall call the peoples to the mountain;{HR}There they shall sacrifice sacrifices of righteousness;{HR}For they shall suck the abundance of the seas,{HR}Even treasures hidden in the sand.
 20And of Gad he said,{HR}Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad:{HR}He dwelleth as a lioness,{HR}And teareth the arm,{HR}Also the crown of the head.
 21And he provideth the first part for himself;{HR}For there is the portion covered for the lawgiver;{HR}And he came with the heads of the people;{HR}He did the righteousness of Jehovah,{HR}And his judgments with Israel.
 22And of Dan he said,{HR}Dan is a lion's whelp;{HR}He shall leap from Bashan.
 23And of Naphtali he said,{HR}O Naphtali, satisfied with good will,{HR}And full of the blessing of Jehovah,{HR}Possess thou the west and the south.
 24And of Asher he said,{HR}Asher, blessed among sons,{HR}Let him be acceptable to his brethren,{HR}And dip his foot in oil:
 25Thy shoes iron and copper;{HR}And thy strength as thy days.
 26There is none like the God of Jeshurun,{HR}Riding the heavens for thy help,{HR}And for his excellency the skies.
 27The God of ages is a refuge,{HR}And underneath the everlasting arms;{HR}And he shall drive away the enemy from thy presence,{HR}And say, Destroy!
 28Israel dwelleth in safety,{HR}The fountain of Jacob on a land of corn and new wine;{HR}His heavens also drop down dew.
 29Happy thou, O Israel: who is like thee,{HR}O people saved by Jehovah, the shield of thy help,{HR}And who is the sword of thy excellency!{HR}And thy enemies shall lie to thee;{HR}And thou shalt tread on their high places. (Deut. 33:1‑29)
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Psa. 25:14• 14The secret of Jehovah [is] for those who fear him,{HR}And his covenant, to instruct them. (Psa. 25:14)
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Psa. 105:15• 15[Saying] Touch not mine anointed,{HR}And do my prophets no harm. (Psa. 105:15)
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Isa. 22:14• 14And it was revealed in mine ears by Jehovah of hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord Jehovah of hosts. (Isa. 22:14)
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Isa. 53:1• 1Who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of Jehovah been revealed? (Isa. 53:1)
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Dan. 2:47• 47{i}The king answered Daniel and said{/i}, Of a truth it is that your God is a God of gods and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou couldst reveal this secret. (Dan. 2:47)
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Dan. 10:1• 1In the third year of Cyrus, King of Persia, a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar, {i}and the thing is true, but the appointed time of trial is long; and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision.{/i} (Dan. 10:1)
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Amos 3:7• 7The Lord Jehovah will do nothing, but he revealeth his secrets unto his servants the prophets. (Amos 3:7)
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Luke 2:26• 26{i}And it was divinely communicated to him{/i} by the Holy Spirit, that he should not see death before he should see [the] Lord's Christ. (Luke 2:26)
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Rom. 1:17‑18• 17For God's righteousness in it is revealed by faith unto faith, even as it is written, “But the righteous shall live by faith.”
 18For there is revealed God's wrath from heaven upon all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men that hold the truth in unrighteousness. (Rom. 1:17‑18)
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Heb. 10:24‑25• 24and let us consider one another for provoking love and good works,
 25not forsaking the gathering of ourselves together as [is] a custom for some, but encouraging, and by so much rather as ye see the day drawing near. (Heb. 10:24‑25)
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Heb. 13:1• 1Let brotherly love abide. (Heb. 13:1)
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Rev. 4:1• 1After these things I saw, and, behold, a door opened in the heaven; and the first voice which I heard as of a trumpet talking with me said, Come up hither, and I will show thee the things which must come to pass after these. (Rev. 4:1)
last days.
Num. 24:14• 14And now, behold, I go unto my people: come therefore, and I will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days. (Num. 24:14)
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Deut. 4:30• 30{i}In thy tribulation, and when all these things shall come upon thee, at the end of days, thou shalt return to Jehovah thy God, and shalt hearken to his voice,{/i} (Deut. 4:30)
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Deut. 31:29• 29{i}For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and will turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and mischief will befall you at the end of days; because ye do evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.{/i} (Deut. 31:29)
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Isa. 2:2• 2And it shall come to pass in the end of days, [that] the mountain of Jehovah's house shall be established on the top (head) of the mountains, and shall be lifted up above the hills; and all the nations shall flow unto it. (Isa. 2:2)
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Isa. 39:6• 6Behold, days come, 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. (Isa. 39:6)
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Jer. 23:20• 20{i}The anger of Jehovah shall not return, until he have executed, and until he have performed the purposes of his heart: at the end of the days ye shall understand it clearly.{/i} (Jer. 23:20)
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Dan. 2:28‑29• 28but there is a God in heaven, that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. {i}Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed are these{/i}:
 29as for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind, upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter; and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass. (Dan. 2:28‑29)
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Dan. 10:14• 14{i}And{/i} I am come, to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days: for yet the vision is for many days. (Dan. 10:14)
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Mic. 4:1• 1But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of Jehovah shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it. (Mic. 4:1)
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Acts 2:17• 17And it shall be in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your elders shall dream with dreams; (Acts 2:17)
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1 Tim. 4:1• 1But the Spirit saith expressly that in latter times some shall fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and teachings of demons, (1 Tim. 4:1)
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2 Tim. 3:1• 1But this know, that in [the] last days grievous times shall be there. (2 Tim. 3:1)
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Heb. 1:2• 2at [the] end of these days spoke to us in a Son, whom he constituted heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; (Heb. 1:2)
• It seems to me that there is this difference between the prophecies of Jacob and Moses {Deut. 33} as to the tribes. Here the prophecy refers to the responsibility of the first parent-source of the tribe. (“Genesis 48-50” by J.N. Darby)
• I may add that besides the royal place of Judah maintained as a distinct tribe till Christ came, up to the end of Issachar, it is the sad history of Israel in its responsibility and what befell them. (“Genesis 48-50” by J.N. Darby)
• Moses {Deut. 33} gives rather the history of the people as entering into the country on leaving the wilderness; and we find the priesthood and people to be the two points brought into prominence, although power and a special blessing be given to Judah. (“Genesis 48-50” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Jacob called his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, and I will tell you what will befall you at the end of days.

W. Kelly Translation

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And Jacob called his sons and said, Gather yourselves together, and I will tell you what will befall you at the end of days.