Genesis 49:1 Then Jacob called for his sons and said: "Gather around so I can tell you what will happen to you in days to come.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
Then Jacob called for his sons and said: "Gather around so I can tell you what will happen to you in days to come.

English Standard Version
Then Jacob called his sons and said, “Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you what shall happen to you in days to come.

New American Standard Bible
Then Jacob summoned his sons and said, "Assemble yourselves that I may tell you what will befall you in the days to come.

King James Bible
And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then Jacob called his sons and said, "Gather around, and I will tell you what will happen to you in the days to come.

International Standard Version
After this, Jacob called his sons together and told them, "Assemble yourselves around me so I can tell you all what is going to happen to you in the last days.

American Standard Version
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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Jacob called his sons, and said to them: Gather yourselves together that I may tell you the things that shall befall you in the last days.

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

Young's Literal Translation
And Jacob calleth unto his sons and saith, 'Be gathered together, and I declare to you that which doth happen with you in the latter end of the days.

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

49:1,2 All Jacob's sons were living. His calling them together was a precept for them to unite in love, not to mingle with the Egyptians; and foretold that they should not be separated, as Abraham's sons and Isaac's were, but should all make one people. We are not to consider this address as the expression of private feelings of affection, resentment, or partiality; but as the language of the Holy Ghost, declaring the purpose of God respecting the character, circumstances, and situation of the tribes which descended from the sons of Jacob, and which may be traced in their histories.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

CHAPTER 49

Ge 49:1-33. Patriarchal Blessing.

1. Jacob called unto his sons—It is not to the sayings of the dying saint, so much as of the inspired prophet, that attention is called in this chapter. Under the immediate influence of the Holy Spirit he pronounced his prophetic benediction and described the condition of their respective descendants in the last days, or future times.