Genesis 49:27

Benjamin is a ravening wolf. In the morning he devours prey. and at evening divides the spoil.

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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

26with blessings of your father, with blessings of the everlasting mountains, with the gifts of the ancient hills! They will be on the head of Joseph, on the head of the consecrated among his brothers.

28These are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said to them and blessed them; each according to his blessing he blessed them.

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Cross References

Genesis 35:18And, as her life was departing (for she was dying), she called his name Ben-oni, but his father called him Benjamin.

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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