Genesis 49:2

Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; 1 And hearken unto Israel your father. 1

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

In Context

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

3Reuben, thou art my firstborn, 1 My might, and the beginning of my strength, 1 The excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power: 1

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Cross References

Psalms 34:12(מ) What man is he that desireth life, 1 And loveth many days, that he may see good? 1

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

Proverbs 6:20My son, keep thy father’s commandment, 1 And forsake not the law of thy mother: 1

Proverbs 7:24Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, 1 And attend to the words of my mouth. 1

Proverbs 23:22Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, 1 And despise not thy mother when she is old. 1

Isaiah 48:14All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; 1 Which among them hath declared these things? 1 The Lord hath loved him: 1 He will do his pleasure on Babylon, 1 And his arm shall be on the Chaldeans. 1

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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