Genesis 49:1-3
1599 Geneva Bible
49 1 Jacob blesseth all his sons by name. 10 He telleth them that Christ shall come out of Judah. 29 He will be buried with his fathers. 33 He dieth.
1 Then Jacob called his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you what shall come to you in the [a]last days.
2 Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob, and hearken unto Israel your father.
3 ¶ Reuben mine eldest son, thou art my [b]might, and the beginning of my strength, [c]the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:
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- Genesis 49:1 When God shall bring you out of Egypt, and because that he speaketh of the Messiah, he nameth it the last days.
- Genesis 49:3 Begotten in my youth.
- Genesis 49:3 If thou hadst not lost thy birthright by thine offense.
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