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Genesis 49:2 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Assemble yourselves, and hear, you sons of Jacob. Listen to Israel, your father. "

Genesis 49:2

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1 Jacob called to his sons, and said: “Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which will happen to you in the days to come.

2 Assemble yourselves, and hear, you sons of Jacob. Listen to Israel, your father.

3 “Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in dignity, and excelling in power.

4 Boiling over like water, you shall not excel, because you went up to your father’s bed, then defiled it. He went up to my couch.

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Genesis 49:1

"Jacob called to his sons, and said: “Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which will happen to you in the days to come."

Genesis 49:3

"“Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in dignity, and excelling in power."

Genesis 49:4

"Boiling over like water, you shall not excel, because you went up to your father’s bed, then defiled it. He went up to my couch."

Genesis 49:5

"“Simeon and Levi are brothers. Their swords are weapons of violence."

Genesis 49:6

"My soul, don’t come into their council. My glory, don’t be united to their assembly; for in their anger they killed men. In their self-will they hamstrung cattle."

Genesis 49:7

"Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel."

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