Genesis 49:2

Gather you together and heare ye sonnes of Iacob and herken vnto Israel youre father.

William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

1And Iacob called for his sonnes ad sayde: come together that I maye tell you what shall happe you in the last dayes.

3Ruben thou art myne eldest sonne my myghte and the begynnynge of my strength chefe in receauynge and chefe in power.

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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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