Holy Scripture
Genesis 49:1
A church father on this verse
“This is a prophecy and not a blessing. In fact, the blessing is concerned with someone who is blessed, while the prophecy is fulfilled when a certain action is accomplished. How will the explanation proposed above agree with these words of the Scripture: "All these are the twelve tribes of Israel; and this is what the…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
1And Jacob called his sons, and said to them,
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In context
— Genesis 49:1 —
2Assemble yourselves, that I may tell you What shall happen to you in the last days. Gather yourselves together, and hear me, sons of Jacob; Hear Israel, hear your father.
3Reuben, thou art my firstborn, Thou my strength, and the first of my children, Hard to be endured, hard and self-willed.