Genesis 49:2
Good News Translation
"Come together and listen, sons of Jacob. Listen to your father Israel.

New Revised Standard Version
Assemble and hear, O sons of Jacob; listen to Israel your father.

Contemporary English Version
Come, gather around, as I tell your future.

New American Bible
“Assemble and listen, sons of Jacob, listen to Israel, your father.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Gather yourselves together, and hear, O ye sons of Jacob, hearken to Israel, your father:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Gather yourselves together, and hear, O ye sons of Jacob, hearken to Israel, your father:

hearken.

Psalm 34:11 Come, children, hearken to me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord.

Proverbs 1:8,9 That grace may be added to thy head, and a chain of gold to thy neck. . . .

Proverbs 4:1-4 I will give you a good gift, forsake not my law. . . .

Proverbs 5:1 That thou mayst keep thoughts, and thy lips may preserve instruction. Mind not the deceit of a woman.

Proverbs 6:20 Bind them in thy heart continually, and put them about thy neck.

Proverbs 7:1,24 Keep my commandments, and thou shalt live: and my law as the apple of thy eye: . . .

Proverbs 8:32 Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.

Proverbs 23:22,26 Hearken to thy father, that begot thee: and despise not thy mother when she is old. . . .

Context
Jacob Blesses His Sons
1And Jacob called his sons, and said to them: Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you the things that shall befall you in the last days. 2Gather yourselves together, and hear, O ye sons of Jacob, hearken to Israel, your father:3Ruben, my firstborn, thou art my strength, and the beginning of my sorrow; excelling in gifts, greater in command.…
Cross References
Psalm 34:11
Come, children, hearken to me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord.

Genesis 49:3
Ruben, my firstborn, thou art my strength, and the beginning of my sorrow; excelling in gifts, greater in command.

Genesis 49:1
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