Genesis 49:2
Gather ye together, & heare ye sonnes of Iacob, hearken vnto Israel your father.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.
In Context
Cross References
Proverbs 4:1Heare O ye chyldren a fatherly instruction, & take good heede, that ye may learne grandstanding.
Proverbs 6:20My sonne, kepe thy fathers commaundement, and forsake not the lawe of thy mother:
Proverbs 7:24Heare me now therfore O my chylde, and marke the wordes of my mouth:
Proverbs 23:22Geue eare vnto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is olde.
Isaiah 48:14Gather you altogether and hearken: Which of yonder gods hath declared this? The Lorde hath a loue vnto him, and he shal perfourme his wyll against Babel, and declare his power against the Chaldees.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 49:2-5
Jacob's Prophecy Concerning His Sons. ( b. c. 1689.) 1 And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befal you in the last days. 2 Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father. 3 Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power: 4 Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then… Read the whole commentary →