Genesis 49:2

be ye gathered [together], and hear, ye sons of Jacob, hear ye Israel your father (or listen to your father Israel).

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

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

In Context

1Forsooth Jacob called his sons, and said to them, Be ye gathered together, that I tell what things shall come to you in the last days; (And Jacob called his sons, and said to them, Be ye gathered together, so that I can tell what things shall happen to you in the days to come;)

3Reuben, my first begotten son, thou art my strength, and the beginning of my sorrow; thou oughtest to be the former in gifts, the more in lordship, (or thou ought to be the first in gifts, and the greatest in power, or in authority);

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Cross References

Psalms 34:12Who is the man, that willeth life; that loveth to see good days? (Who is the person who desireth life? who loveth to see good days?)

Proverbs 4:1Sons, hear ye the teaching of your father; and perceive ye (or and understand ye), (so) that ye know prudence.

Proverbs 6:20My son, keep the commandments of thy father; and forsake [thou] not the law of thy mother. (My son, obey thy father’s commands; and do not thou abandon thy mother’s instructions.)

Proverbs 7:24Now therefore, my son, hear thou me; and perceive the words of my mouth. (And so now, my son, listen thou to me; and understand the words that I speak.)

Proverbs 23:22Hear thy father, that begat thee, (or Listen to thy father, who begat thee); and despise not thy mother, when she is eld.

Isaiah 48:14All ye be gathered together, and hear; who of them told [out] these things? The Lord loved him, he shall do his will in Babylon, and his arm in Chaldees (or and his arm, or his power, shall be upon 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 →

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