Genesis 49:2

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

Leeser Tanakh

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

3Reuben, thou art my first-born, my might, and the beginning of my strength; the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power [should be thine].

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Cross References

Psalms 34:12(34:13) Who is the man that desireth life, loveth [many] days, that he may see happiness?

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

Proverbs 6:20Keep, O my son, the commandment of thy father, and reject not the teaching of thy mother:

Proverbs 7:24And now, O children, hearken unto me, and listen to the sayings of my mouth.

Proverbs 23:22Hearken unto thy father that hath begotten thee, and despise not thy mother although she be old.

Isaiah 48:14Assemble yourselves, all of you, and hear: Who among them hath told these things? He whom the Lord loveth, will do his pleasure on Babylon, and [display] his arm [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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