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Ramban on Genesis 49:1/רמב"ן על בראשית מ״ט:א׳
אבְּאַחֲרִית הַיָּמִים הֵם יְמוֹת הַמָּשִׁיחַ, כִּי יַעֲקֹב יִרְמֹז אֵלָיו בִּדְבָרָיו, כְּמוֹ שֶׁאָמַר "עַד כִּי יָבֹא שִׁילֹה וְלוֹ יִקְּהַת עַמִּים", וְרַבּוֹתֵינוּ אָמְרוּ (פסחים נו) שֶׁבִּקֵּשׁ לְגַלּוֹת אֶת הַקֵּץ וְנִסְתַּלְּקָה מִמֶּנּוּ שְׁכִינָה, כִּי לְדִבְרֵי הַכֹּל אַחֲרִית הַיָּמִים יְמוֹת הַמָּשִׁיחַ הֵם:
1IN THE END OF DAYS. These are the days of the Messiah, for Jacob alludes to him in his words, even as he said, Until Shiloh come, and his be the obedience of peoples.73 Now our Rabbis have said74 that Jacob wished to reveal the end of Israel’s exile, but the Shechinah (the Divine Presence) departed from him. Thus in the opinion of all scholars, the end of days is a reference to the days of the Messiah.