Genesis 49:2

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'Assemble and listen, sons of Jacob; listen to Israel, your father.'

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  • Ps 34:11 : 11 Young lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.
  • Prov 1:8-9 : 8 Listen, my son, to your father's instruction, and do not forsake your mother's teaching, 9 For they will be a graceful garland for your head and pendants for your neck.
  • Prov 4:1-4 : 1 Listen, my sons, to the instruction of a father; pay attention so you may gain understanding. 2 For I give you good teaching; do not abandon my instruction. 3 When I was a son to my father, tender and the only one in the eyes of my mother, 4 he taught me and said to me, 'Let your heart hold onto my words; keep my commands, and you will live.'
  • Prov 5:1 : 1 My son, pay attention to my wisdom; listen carefully to my understanding.
  • Prov 6:20 : 20 My son, keep your father’s command and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
  • Prov 7:1 : 1 My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments with you.
  • Prov 7:24 : 24 Now then, my sons, listen to me and pay attention to the words of my mouth.
  • Prov 8:32 : 32 Now then, my children, listen to me; blessed are those who keep my ways.
  • Prov 23:22 : 22 Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
  • Prov 23:26 : 26 My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes delight in my ways.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 49:1
    88%

    1Then Jacob called for his sons and said, 'Gather together so that I may tell you what will happen to you in the days to come.'

  • Gen 48:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1After these events, someone told Joseph, 'Your father is ill.' So Joseph took his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, with him.

    2When Jacob was told, 'Your son Joseph is coming to you,' Israel strengthened himself and sat up on the bed.

  • Gen 49:28
    74%

    28All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said to them when he blessed them, giving each the blessing appropriate to him.

  • Gen 48:8-10
    3 verses
    73%

    8When Israel saw Joseph’s sons, he asked, 'Who are these?'

    9Joseph said to his father, 'They are my sons whom God has given to me here.' Israel said, 'Bring them to me, please, so I may bless them.'

    10Now Israel’s eyes were failing due to old age—he could not see well. Joseph brought the boys near to him, and he kissed them and embraced them.

  • Jer 2:4
    73%

    4Hear the word of the LORD, house of Jacob, and all the clans of the house of Israel.

  • Gen 46:2
    72%

    2God spoke to Israel in visions during the night, calling, 'Jacob, Jacob!' And he replied, 'Here I am.'

  • Gen 49:33
    72%

    33When Jacob had finished giving instructions to his sons, he drew his feet up into the bed, breathed his last, and was gathered to his people.

  • Gen 42:29
    72%

    29When they came to Jacob, their father, in the land of Canaan, they told him all that had happened to them.

  • Gen 48:21
    72%

    21Then Israel said to Joseph, 'Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and will bring you back to the land of your ancestors.'

  • Gen 27:6
    71%

    6Rebekah said to her son Jacob, 'Look, I overheard your father speaking to your brother Esau.'

  • Gen 49:3
    71%

    3'Reuben, you are my firstborn, my strength, and the first of my vigor, excelling in dignity and excelling in power.'

  • 1 Chr 2:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

    2Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

  • 1 Chr 1:34
    71%

    34Abraham was the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac were Esau and Israel.

  • Gen 48:19
    70%

    19But his father refused and said, 'I know, my son, I know. He too will become a people, and he too will be great. Nevertheless, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his descendants will become a group of nations.'

  • Gen 47:7
    70%

    7Then Joseph brought his father Jacob in and presented him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

  • Gen 45:10
    70%

    10You shall dwell in the land of Goshen and be near me—you, your children, your grandchildren, your flocks, your herds, and everything you have.

  • Gen 27:1
    70%

    1When Isaac was old and his eyes were too dim to see, he called his older son Esau and said to him, 'My son,' and Esau replied, 'Here I am.'

  • Prov 4:1
    70%

    1Listen, my sons, to the instruction of a father; pay attention so you may gain understanding.

  • Gen 45:25
    70%

    25So they went up from Egypt and came to Canaan to their father Jacob.

  • Gen 27:18
    70%

    18Jacob went to his father and said, 'My father.' And Isaac said, 'Here I am. Who are you, my son?'

  • Gen 27:8
    70%

    8Now, my son, listen to my voice and do what I command you.

  • Gen 27:10
    69%

    10Then take it to your father to eat, so that he may bless you before he dies.

  • Gen 46:29
    69%

    29Joseph readied his chariot and went to Goshen to meet his father Israel. As soon as Joseph appeared before him, he threw his arms around his father and wept for a long time.

  • Gen 48:5
    69%

    5'Now, your two sons who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you here will be mine. Ephraim and Manasseh will be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are.'

  • Gen 49:26
    69%

    26The blessings of your father are greater than the blessings of the ancient mountains, than the bounty of the age-old hills. Let all these rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince among his brothers.