Genesis 49:2
Assemble yourselves, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; And hearken unto Israel your father.
ASV Byzantine Text
In The King James Version
Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 34:12What man is he that desireth life, And loveth many days, that he may see good?
Proverbs 4:1Hear, my sons, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding:
Proverbs 6:20My son, keep the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:
Proverbs 7:24Now therefore, my sons, hearken unto me, And attend to the words of my mouth.
Proverbs 23:22Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she is old.
Isaiah 48:14Assemble yourselves, all ye, and hear; who among them hath declared these things? He whom Jehovah loveth shall perform his pleasure on 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 →