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Genesis 49:2

Genesis 49:2 is verse 2 of Genesis chapter 49, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

Come together and listen, O sons of Jacob; listen to your father Israel.

Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.

Assemble yourselves, and hear, you sons of Jacob. Listen to Israel, your father.

Genesis 49:1–4 · Berean Standard Bible

1 Then Jacob called for his sons and said, “Gather around so that I can tell you what will happen to you in the days to come:

2 Come together and listen, O sons of Jacob; listen to your father Israel.

3 Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power.

4 Uncontrolled as the waters, you will no longer excel, because you went up to your father’s bed, onto my couch, and defiled it.

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