Genesis 49:2

Gather yourselves together, and hear, O ye sons of Jacob, hearken to Israel, your father:

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)

In The King James Version

Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.

In Context

1And Jacob called his sons, and said to them: Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you the things that shall befall you in the last days.

3Ruben, my firstborn, thou art my strength, and the beginning of my sorrow; excelling in gifts, greater in command. My strength, etc... He calls him his strength, as being born whilst his father was in his full strength and vigour: he calls him the beginning of his sorrow, because cares and sorrows usually come on with the birth of children. Excelling in gifts, etc., because the firstborn had a title to a double portion, and to have the command over his brethren, which Ruben forfeited by his sin; being poured out as water, that is, spilt and lost.

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Cross References

Psalms 34:12They repaid me evil for good: to the depriving me of my soul.

Proverbs 4:1Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend, that you may know prudence.

Proverbs 6:20My son, keep the commandments of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother.

Proverbs 7:24Now, therefore, my son, hear me, and attend to the words of my mouth.

Proverbs 23:22Hearken to thy father, that begot thee: and despise not thy mother when she is old.

Isaiah 48:14Assemble yourselves together, all you, and hear: who among them hath declared these things? the Lord hath loved him, he will do his pleasure in Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans.

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 →

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