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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.
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Verse 1. Last. Hebrew “future days.” It was an ancient and commendable custom, for parents to assemble their children in their last moments, to give them salutary instructions. They often also foretold to them what should happen. See Deuteronomy 31. Jos. ult. 1 Kennicott. 12. Tobit 4:3. 1 Maccabees 2. Cyrus and Socrates both believed that they had then an insight into futurity. Calmet.
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