Genesis 49:27
Benjamin is a vicious wolf. In the morning he destroys his enemies, in the evening he divides the loot.”
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Genesis 35:18But she was dying, and with her last breath she named him Benoni. But his father named him Benjamin.
Numbers 23:24Look! The Israelites go out hunting like a lioness; they chase like a lion. They don't rest until they eat their prey, and drink the blood of their dead victim.”
Deuteronomy 33:12To Benjamin he said: “May the one the Lord loves be kept safe and secure in the Lord. The Lord always protects him, letting him rest on his shoulders.”
Judges 20:21But the Benjamites came out of Gibeah and slaughtered twenty-two thousand Israelites on the battlefield that day.
1 Samuel 11:4When the messengers arrived in the town called Gibeah of Saul and gave the message as the people listened, they all wept out loud.
1 Samuel 17:1The Philistine armies gathered for battle at Socoh in Judah. They set up camp between Socoh and Azekah in Ephes-dammim.
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 →