Genesis 49:2
Be assembled, and hear, sons of Jacob, || And listen to your father Israel.
Literal Standard Version
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 34:12Who [is] the man that is desiring life? Loving days to see good?
Proverbs 4:1Hear, you sons, the instruction of a father, || And give attention to know understanding.
Proverbs 6:20Keep, my son, the command of your father, || And do not leave the law of your mother.
Proverbs 7:24And now, you sons, listen to me, || And give attention to sayings of my mouth.
Proverbs 23:22Listen to your father, who begot you, || And do not despise your mother when she has become old.
Isaiah 48:14Be gathered, all of you, and hear, || Who among them declared these things? YHWH has loved him, || He does His pleasure on Babylon, || And His arm [is 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 →