Genesis 49:2
Gather yourselves together, and hear, all of you sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.
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Cross References
Psalms 34:12What man is he that desires life, and loves many days, that he may see good?
Proverbs 4:1Hear, all of you children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
Proverbs 6:20My son, keep your father's commandment, and forsake not the law of your mother:
Proverbs 7:24Hearken unto me now therefore, O all of you children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
Proverbs 23:22Hearken unto your father that brings forth you, and despise not your mother when she is old.
Isaiah 48:14All you, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them has declared these things? The LORD has loved him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be 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 →