Genesis 49:1-3

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

Jacob’s Last Words to His Sons

49 ^[a]Then Jacob called his sons, and said, “Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you what shall befall you in days to come.

²Assemble and hear, O sons of Jacob,
and hearken to Israel your father.

³Reuben, you are my first-born,
my might, and the first fruits of my strength,
pre-eminent in pride and pre-eminent in power.

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Footnotes

49.1-27 In their present form these “Oracles of Jacob,” blessings pronounced upon his sons as epitomizing the twelve tribes, date from the period of the early monarchy.

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