KJV King James Version
Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Genesis 49:2
Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Come together and listen, O sons of Jacob; listen to your father Israel.
WEB World English Bible
Assemble yourselves, and hear, you sons of Jacob. Listen to Israel, your father.
ASV American Standard Version
Assemble yourselves, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; And hearken unto Israel your father.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘Be assembled, and hear, sons of Jacob, And hearken unto Israel your father.
Surrounding context — Genesis 49
1 And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you [that] which shall befall 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 defiledst thou [it]: he went up to my couch.
5 Simeon and Levi [are] brethren; instruments of cruelty [are in] their habitations.
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Psalm 34:11Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.Proverbs 4:1-4Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.Proverbs 5:1My son, attend unto my wisdom, [and] bow thine ear to my understanding:Proverbs 1:8-9My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:Proverbs 7:1My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.Proverbs 23:22Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.Proverbs 23:26My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.Proverbs 8:32Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed [are they that] keep my ways.Proverbs 7:24Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.Proverbs 6:20My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
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