Genesis 49:2
Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.
Context
This verse from Genesis Chapter 49 connects to 10 cross-references. Jacob gathers his twelve sons and pronounces oracular blessings and curses over each, predicting their tribal destinies: Judah receives the promise of kingship and the scepter until Shiloh comes, while Reuben, Simeon, and Levi receive rebukes. Jacob dies after requesting …
Other Translations
Assemble yourselves, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; And hearken unto Israel your father.
`Be assembled, and hear, sons of Jacob, And hearken unto Israel your father.
Come near, O sons of Jacob, and give ear to the words of Israel your father.
Cross References
My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.
Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:
He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.