“See the good man's shrewdness. Since he foresaw the moment of his death, he summoned his sons and said, "Gather around so that I may predict ahead of time what is in store for you at the end of your days. Come together, and listen to Israel your father." Come along, he says, and learn from me, not the immediate future…”
John Chrysostom, 5th c. — HOMILIES ON GENESIS 67.4-5
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2Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.
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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.
— Genesis 49:2 —
3Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:
4Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father’s bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.