Genesis 49:2

Gather yourselves together, and hear me, sons of Jacob; hear Israel, hear your father.

Brenton Septuagint

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, Assemble yourselves, that I may tell you what shall happen to you in the last days.

3Ruben, thou + 49:3 Or, thou my first-born, etc., nom. and voc. not being always regularly distinguished in the LXX. See Heb. 1. 8. ὁ θεὸς. art my first-born, thou my strength, and the first of my children, hard to be endured, hard and self-willed.

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Cross References

Psalms 34:12They rewarded me evil for good, and bereavement to my soul.

Proverbs 4:1Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

Proverbs 6:20My son, keep the laws of thy father, and reject not the ordinances of thy mother:

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

Proverbs 23:22Hearken, my son, to thy father which begot thee, and despise not thy mother because she is grown old.

Isaiah 48:14And all shall be gathered, and shall hear: who has told them these things? Out of love to thee I have fulfilled thy desire on Babylon, to abolish the seed of 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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