Genesis 49:1 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 49:1

Then Jacob called for his sons and said, “Gather around so that I can tell you what will happen to you in the days to come:

BSB

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

1 voice

Ambrose of Milan

THE PATRIARCHS 2.6 (397)

After this blessing was celebrated, he also called his sons (Gen. XLIX, 1). And the one who had preferred the younger to the elder began with the first, so that he might bestow favor upon him in that mystery, and observe the order of age in this.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּקְרָ֥א	vai.yik.Ra'	and he summoned	H7121 →
יַעֲקֹ֖ב	ya.'a.Ko	Jacob	H3290 →
אֶל־	'el-	<to>	H413 →
בָּנָ֑יו	ba.Nav	sons his	H1121 →
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
הֵאָֽסְפוּ֙	he.'a.se.Fu	gather yourselves	H622 →
וְאַגִּ֣ידָה	ve.'a.Gi.dah	so let me tell	H5046 →
לָכֶ֔ם	la.Khem	to you
אֵ֛ת	'et	<obj.>	H853 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	[that] which	H834 →
יִקְרָ֥א	yik.Ra'	it will happen to	H7122 →
אֶתְכֶ֖ם	'et.Khem	<obj.> you	H853 →
בְּאַחֲרִ֥ית	be.'a.cha.Rit	at [the] end of	H319 →
הַיָּמִֽים׃	hai.ya.Mim	the days	H3117 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 25:14
The LORD confides in those who fear Him, and reveals His covenant to them.
leads to
- John 15:15
  No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My Father I have…
- John 14:21–23
  Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”
- John 7:17
  If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.
- Ephesians 1:9
  And He has made known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ
- Ephesians 1:18
  I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,
Through
Daniel 10:14
Now I have come to explain to you what will happen to your people in the latter days, for the vision concerns those days.”
leads to
- Daniel 2:28
  But there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in the latter days. Your dream and the visions that came into your…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Jeremiah 23:20
The anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart. In the days to come you will understand this clearly.
leads to
- Jeremiah 30:24
  The fierce anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart. In the days to come you will understand this.
Through
Deuteronomy 4:30
When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, then in later days you will return to the LORD your God and listen to His voice.
leads to
- Joel 2:12–13
  “Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.”

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