Genesis 49:8
Judah, thy brethren have praised thee, 1 And thy hands shall be on the back of thine enemies; 1 Thy father’s sons shall do thee reverence. 1
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Genesis 29:35And having conceived yet again, she bore a son, and said, Now yet again this time will I give thanks to the Lord; therefore she called his name, Judah; and ceased bearing.
Genesis 42:6And Joseph was ruler of the land; he sold to all the people of the land. And the brethren of Joseph, having come, did reverence to him, bowing with the face to the ground.
Genesis 46:12And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Perez, and Zerah: and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.
Numbers 10:14And they first set in motion the order of the camp of the children of Judah with their host; and over their host was Nahshon, son of Amminadab.
Deuteronomy 33:7And this is the blessing of Judah; 1 Hear, Lord, the voice of Judah, 1 And do thou visit his people: 1 His hands shall contend for him, 1 And thou shalt be a help from his enemies.
Joshua 15:20This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 49:6-8
5 Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations. 6 O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall. 7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel. These were next in age to Reuben, and they also had been a grief and shame to Jacob, when they treacherously and… Read the whole commentary →