Assemble yourselves, and hear, you sons of Jacob.
Listen to Israel, your father.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Genesis 49:2 in context
Genesis 49:1–5
1
Jacob called to his sons, and said: “Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which will happen to you in the days to come.
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Assemble yourselves, and hear, you sons of Jacob.
Listen to Israel, your father.
3
“Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength,
excelling in dignity, and excelling in power.
4
Boiling over like water, you shall not excel,
because you went up to your father’s bed,
then defiled it. He went up to my couch.
5
“Simeon and Levi are brothers.
Their swords are weapons of violence.
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