Genesis 49:28
All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.
Cross-reference
Genesis 48:15 has Jacob blessing Joseph's sons; then in 49:28 he blesses his own sons, completing the succession.
Genesis 27:4 shows Isaac blessing Jacob before death, a pattern repeated as Jacob now blesses his own sons.
In Genesis 28:1, Isaac blesses Jacob; here Jacob blesses his own sons, mirroring that patriarchal blessing.
In Exodus 28:21, the twelve tribes are engraved on the high priest's breastplate stones, a direct memorial of the same tribal names.
In 1 Kings 18:31, Elijah builds an altar with twelve stones representing the tribes, explicitly citing their number from Jacob.
Moses' blessing of Israel in Deuteronomy 33:1 parallels Jacob's blessing of his sons before death here.
In Hebrews 11:13, the patriarchs are described as dying in faith; Jacob's blessing here is an act of faith, seeing the promises from afar.
Revelation 7:4 seals 144,000 from every tribe of Israel — the very tribes Jacob blessed here.
Acts 26:7 shows the twelve tribes still worshipping in hope, directly linking to Jacob's blessing of these same tribes.
James 1:1 addresses the twelve tribes in dispersion, the same tribes Jacob blessed here, now scattered.