Genesis 49:2
Gather your selues together, and heare, ye sonnes of Iaakob, and hearken vnto Israel your father.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 34:12What man is he, that desireth life, and loueth long dayes for to see good?
Proverbs 4:1Heare, O ye children, the instruction of a father, and giue eare to learne vnderstanding.
Proverbs 6:20My sonne, keepe thy fathers commandement, and forsake not thy mothers instruction.
Proverbs 7:24Heare me now therefore, O children, and hearken to the wordes of my mouth.
Proverbs 23:22Obey thy father that hath begotten thee, and despise not thy mother when she is olde.
Isaiah 48:14All you, assemble your selues, and heare: which among them hath declared these thinges? The Lord hath loued him: he wil doe his will in Babel, and his arme shalbe against 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 →