Genesis 49:12

His eyes shall be more cheering than wine, and his teeth whiter than milk.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.

In Context

11Binding his foal to the vine, and the foal of his ass to the branch of it, he shall wash his robe in wine, and his garment in the blood of the grape.

13Zabulon shall dwell on the coast, and he shall be by a haven of ships, and shall extend to Sidon.

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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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