Genesis 49:2
Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.
KJV
Congregamini, et audite, filii Jacob, audite Israël patrem vestrum :
Vulgate
συνάχθητε καὶ ἀκούσατε μου, υἱοὶ Ἰακώβ. ἀκούσατε Ἰσραήλ, ἀκούσατε τοῦ πατρὸς ὑμῶν.
LXX
Assemble yourselves, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; And hearken unto Israel your father.
ASV
הִקָּבְצ֥וּ וְ/שִׁמְע֖וּ בְּנֵ֣י יַעֲקֹ֑ב וְ/שִׁמְע֖וּ אֶל יִשְׂרָאֵ֥ל אֲבִי/כֶֽם
Hebrew
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In this verse
In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
ו
v
noun · 1201×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
יַעֲקֹ֖ב
y'qb
proper_noun · 346×
ם
m
verb · 125×
שִׁמְעוּ
shm'v
verb · 1157×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
1. The Work is Taken Up After a Violent Interruption, Which Has Driven the Writer from Alexandria. He Addresses Himself to It Again, with Thanks for His Deliverance, and Prayer for Guidance. When a house is being built which is to be made as strong as possible, the building takes place in fine weather and in calm, so that nothing may hinder the structure from acquiring the need…