Genesis 49:2
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New International Version (©2011)
"Assemble and listen, sons of Jacob; listen to your father Israel.

New Living Translation (©2007)
"Come and listen, you sons of Jacob; listen to Israel, your father.

English Standard Version (©2001)
“Assemble and listen, O sons of Jacob, listen to Israel your father.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"Gather together and hear, O sons of Jacob; And listen to Israel your father.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Come together and listen, sons of Jacob; listen to your father Israel:

International Standard Version (©2012)
"Gather together and listen, you children of Jacob. Listen to your father Israel."

NET Bible (©2006)
"Assemble and listen, you sons of Jacob; listen to Israel, your father.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
"Gather around and listen, sons of Jacob. Listen to your father Israel.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
Gather yourselves together, and hear, you sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.

American King James Version
Gather yourselves together, and hear, you sons of Jacob; and listen to Israel your father.

American Standard Version
Assemble yourselves, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; And hearken unto Israel your father.

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

Darby Bible Translation
Assemble yourselves, and hear, ye sons of Jacob, And listen to Israel your father.

English Revised Version
Assemble yourselves, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; And hearken unto Israel your father.

Webster's Bible Translation
Assemble yourselves, and hear, ye sons of Jacob: and hearken to Israel your father.

World English Bible
Assemble yourselves, and hear, you sons of Jacob. Listen to Israel, your father.

Young's Literal Translation
'Be assembled, and hear, sons of Jacob, And hearken unto Israel your father.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

49:1,2 All Jacob's sons were living. His calling them together was a precept for them to unite in love, not to mingle with the Egyptians; and foretold that they should not be separated, as Abraham's sons and Isaac's were, but should all make one people. We are not to consider this address as the expression of private feelings of affection, resentment, or partiality; but as the language of the Holy Ghost, declaring the purpose of God respecting the character, circumstances, and situation of the tribes which descended from the sons of Jacob, and which may be traced in their histories.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 2. - Gather yourselves together, - the repetition indicates at once the elevation of the speaker's soul, and the importance, in his mind, of the impending revelation - and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father. The two clauses form a synthetic or synonymous parallel, numerous illustrations of which are to be found in the succeeding verses.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Gather yourselves together,.... This is repeated to hasten them, and to suggest that he had something of importance to make known unto them, which he chose to do, when they were together:

and hear, ye sons of Jacob, and hearken to Israel your father: these words are used and doubled to excite their attention to what he was about to say, and which is urged from the near relation there was between them.

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Jacob Blesses his Sons
1And Jacob called to his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days. 2Gather yourselves together, and hear, you sons of Jacob; and listen to Israel your father. 3Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power: …

Psalm 34:11 Come, my children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
Genesis 49:3 "Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, the first sign of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power.