Genesis 49:10

The scepter from Judah and the leader from his thigh will not be taken away, until he who will be sent arrives, and he will be the expectation of Gentiles.

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In The King James Version

The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.

In Context

9Judah is a lion’s young. You have gone up to the prey, my son. While resting, you have lain like a lion. And just like a lioness, who would rouse him?

11Tying his young colt to the vineyard, and his donkey, O my son, to the vine, he will wash his robe in wine, and his cloak in the blood of the grape.

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Cross References

Numbers 21:18“The well, the leaders dug it, and the commanders of the multitude prepared it, at the direction of the lawgiver, and with their staffs.”

Numbers 24:19From Jacob will be he who shall be ruler. And he shall perish the remnants of the city.”

2 Samuel 7:13He himself shall build a house to my name. And I will establish the throne of his kingdom, even forever.

1 Chronicles 12:24the sons of Judah, carrying shield and spear, six thousand eight hundred, equipped for battle;

Psalms 2:6Yet I have been appointed king by him over Zion, his holy mountain, preaching his precepts.

Psalms 60:9So I will compose a psalm to your name, forever and ever, so that I may repay my vows from day to day.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 49:9-13

8 Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before thee. 9 Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up? 10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be. 11 Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the… Read the whole commentary →

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