Israel’s Prophecy concerning His Sons

49 Then Jacob summoned his sons and said, “Assemble yourselves that I may tell you what will befall you (A)in the [a]days to come.

“Gather together and hear, O sons of Jacob;
And (B)listen to Israel your father.

“Reuben, you are my firstborn;
My might and (C)the beginning of my strength,
[b]Preeminent in dignity and [c]preeminent in power.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 49:1 Lit end of the days
  2. Genesis 49:3 Lit preeminence
  3. Genesis 49:3 Lit preeminence