2Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: …
My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-4)Here is, I. The preface to the prophecy, in which, 1. The congregation is called together (Gen. 49:2): Gather yourselves together ; let them all be sent for from their several employments, to see their father die, and to hear his dying words. It was a comfort to Jacob, now that he was dying, to see all his children about him, and none missing, though he had sometimes thought himself bereaved. It w…
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