A group of the Jews were of opinion that Jacob, in his death-bed enjoined on his son the necessity of following the present Jewish religion which has been tampered with, and is a deviation of the origin, and only the ruins of the palace which was constructed by Moses.

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      (The death-bed scene is described in Jewish tradition so that one may think it is far from what it is expected to be! Let us read a quotation of the last words of Jacob from the GENESIS IN THE BIBLE, and then continue with our commentary:

      ``JACOB called for his sons and said: Gather round me and I will tell you what will happen to you in future....

      JUDA is like a lion who kills his victim and returns to his den!

      ISSACHAR is no better than a donkey....

      DAN will be a poisonous snake at the side of the road....

      NAPHTALI is a deer that runs free.

      JOSEPH is like a wild donkey by a spring....

      BENJAMIN is like a vicious wolf, morning and evening he kills and devours....

28- These are the twelve tribes of Israel as introduced by their father.       What the Holy QURÄN narrates of the death-bed scene is far different. We read: ``Were you witnesses when death came to Jacob? When he said to his sons: What will you worship after me? They said: We shall worship your God, (ALLAH) and the God of your fathers; ABRAHAM - ISHMAEL and ISAAC the only one and true God.''

TRANSLATOR'S NOTE - JACOBِGENESIS 49 .