Genesis 49:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הִקָּבְצ֥וּ וְשִׁמְע֖וּ בְּנֵ֣י יַעֲקֹ֑ב וְשִׁמְע֖וּ אֶל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֥ל אֲבִיכֶֽם

Transliteration

hiqqābṣû wə-šimʿû bənê yaʿăqōb wə-šimʿû to-yiśrāʾēl ʾăbîkem

Grammar Details

*hiqqābṣû*: Niphal imperative masculine plural - gather yourselves
*wə-šimʿû*: waw conjunction + Qal imperative masculine plural - and hear/listen
*bənê*: noun masculine plural construct - sons of
*yaʿăqōb*: proper noun, masculine singular - Jacob
*yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun, masculine singular - Israel
*ʾăbîkem*: noun masculine singular construct with 2nd masculine plural suffix - your father

Word Meanings

*hiqqābṣû*: gather yourselves/assemble/come together
*šimʿû*: hear/listen/obey/understand

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 34:11 : 11 Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of Jehovah.
Prov 1:8-9 : 8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother: 9 For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, And chains about thy neck.
Prov 4:1-4 : 1 Hear, [my] sons, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding: 2 For I give you good doctrine; Forsake ye not my law. 3 For I was a son unto my father, Tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. 4 And he taught me, and said unto me: Let thy heart retain my words; Keep my commandments, and live;
Prov 5:1 : 1 My son, attend unto my wisdom; Incline thine ear to my understanding:
Prov 6:20 : 20 My son, keep the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:
Prov 7:1 : 1 My son, keep my words, And lay up my commandments with thee.
Prov 7:24 : 24 Now therefore, [my] sons, hearken unto me, And attend to the words of my mouth.
Prov 8:32 : 32 Now therefore, [my] sons, hearken unto me; For blessed are they that keep my ways.
Prov 23:22 : 22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she is old.
Prov 23:26 : 26 My son, give me thy heart; And let thine eyes delight in my ways.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Gen 49:1
88%
1And Jacob called unto his sons, and said: Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the latter days.
Gen 48:1-2
2 verses
74%
1And it came to pass after these things, that one said to Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
2And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.
Gen 49:28
74%
28All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.
Gen 48:8-10
3 verses
73%
8And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these?
9And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me here. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.
10Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.
Jer 2:4
73%
4Hear ye the word of Jehovah, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:
Gen 46:2
72%
2And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.
Gen 49:33
72%
33And when Jacob made an end of charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.
Gen 42:29
72%
29And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that had befallen them, saying,
Gen 48:21
72%
21And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God will be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.
Gen 27:6
71%
6And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,
Gen 49:3
71%
3Reuben, thou art my first-born, my might, and the beginning of my strength; The pre-eminence of dignity, and the pre-eminence of power.
1 Chr 2:1-2
2 verses
71%
1These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
2Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
1 Chr 1:34
71%
34And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau, and Israel.
Gen 48:19
70%
19And his father refused, and said, I know [it], my son, I know [it]; he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: howbeit his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.
Gen 47:7
70%
7And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
Gen 45:10
70%
10and thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:
Gen 27:1
70%
1And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his elder son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Here am I.
Prov 4:1
70%
1Hear, [my] sons, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding:
Gen 45:25
70%
25And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father.
Gen 27:18
70%
18And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who art thou, my son?
Gen 27:8
70%
8Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.
Gen 27:10
69%
10and thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, so that he may bless thee before his death.
Gen 46:29
69%
29And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen; and he presented himself unto him, and fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.
Gen 48:5
69%
5And now thy two sons, who were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh, even as Reuben and Simeon, shall be mine.
Gen 49:26
69%
26The blessings of thy father Have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors Unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: They shall be on the head of Joseph, And on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.