Genesis 49:2
Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.
Gather your selues together, and heare ye sonnes of Iacob, and hearken vnto Israel your father.
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- Psalms 34:11Rank 1 from verse 2
- Proverbs 1:8–9Rank 2 from verse 2
8My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
9For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
8My sonne, heare the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother.
9For they shall be †an ornament of grace vnto thy head, and chaines about thy necke.
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1HEAR, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
2For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
3For I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
4He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
1¶ Heare, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know vnderstanding.
2For I giue you good doctrine: forsake you not my law.
3*For I was my fathers sonne, tender and onely beloued in the sight of my mother.
4*He taught me also, and said vnto me, Let thine heart reteine my wordes: keepe my commandements, and liue.
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Genesis 49:2
To collect, bring together, or assemble.
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In one place, company, time, purpose, or united condition.
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Sense 1: To perceive sound or spoken words. Sense 2: To receive or learn by report. Sense 3: To listen to, regard, or heed. Sense 4: To attend favourably to a request.
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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.
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1. To listen attentively or give heed. 2. To give regard, consent, or act in response.
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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.
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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.
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Sense 1: A male parent or begetter. Sense 2: An ancestor, forefather, founder, source, originator, chief, elder, or one bearing paternal authority and care. Sense 3: God as Father, including the Father of Jesus Christ and of those described as his children.
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49:1AND Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.
49:1¶ And Iacob called vnto his sonnes, and said, Gather your selues together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last dayes.
49:2Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.
49:2Gather your selues together, and heare ye sonnes of Iacob, and hearken vnto Israel your father.
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