Genesis 49:2
Assemble yourselves, that I may tell you 1 What shall happen to you in the last days. 1 Gather yourselves together, and hear me, sons of Jacob; 1 Hear Israel, hear your father. 1
Updated 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, 1
Cross References
Psalms 34:12They rewarded me evil for good, 1 And bereavement to my soul. 1
Proverbs 4:1Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, 1 And attend to know understanding. 1
Proverbs 6:20My son, keep the laws of thy father, 1 And reject not the ordinances of thy mother: 1
Proverbs 7:24Now then, my son, hearken to me, 1 And attend to the words of my mouth. 1
Proverbs 23:22Hearken, my son, to thy father which begot thee, 1 And despise not thy mother because she is grown old. 1
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 →