Genesis 49:2
Assemble yourselves, and hear, ye sons of Jacob: and hearken to Israel your father.
Webster Bible
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 loveth many days, that he may see good?
Proverbs 4:1Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
Proverbs 6:20My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Proverbs 7:24Now therefore hearken to me, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
Proverbs 23:22Hearken to thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Isaiah 48:14All ye, assemble yourselves and hear; who among them hath declared these things ? The LORD hath 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 →