Genesis 49:27

Then Jacob spoke to his youngest son Benjamin and said, “You are like a dangerous wild dog. It kills other animals and eats them. You go in the morning to fight and you kill people and you grab their things. And when the sun sets you and your people share those things.”

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In The King James Version

Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.

In Context

26He gives you plenty of different kinds of food to eat and beautiful flowers to look at. He gives you good things from the mountains. I am asking God to give all these good things to you, my son. You are the one he has chosen and he has made you different from your brothers.”

28These are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father Jacob said, as he spoke different words of blessing to each one.

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Cross References

Genesis 35:18But Rachel was dying. As she breathed her last breath she named him Benoni, because Benoni means “son of my sorrow.” But Jacob named him Benjamin, because Benjamin means “good will come to my son.”

Matthew Henry on Genesis 49:23-28

22 Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall: 23 The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him: 24 But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:) 25 Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings… Read the whole commentary →

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