1And 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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And now, behold, I go unto my people: come therefore, and I will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days.
Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days: for yet the vision is for many days.
The anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly.
When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice;
Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-4)Here is, I. The preface to the prophecy, in which, 1. The congregation is called together (Gen. 49:2): Gather yourselves together ; let them all be sent for from their several employments, to see their father die, and to hear his dying words. It was a comfort to Jacob, now that he was dying, to see all his children about him, and none missing, though he had sometimes thought himself bereaved. It w…
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