Genesis 49:8

“Judah [Praised], your brothers will yadah ·extend hands in thankful praise· to you. 2 Your hand will be on the neck of your enemies. 2 Your father’s sons will bow down before you. 1

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

7Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; 2 and their wrath, for it was cruel. 1 I will divide them in Jacob [Supplanter], 2 and scatter them in Israel [God prevails]. 1

9Judah [Praised] is a lion’s cub. 2 From the prey, my son, you have gone up. 1 He stooped down, he crouched as a lion, 2 as a lioness. 2 Who will rouse him up? 1

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Cross References

Genesis 29:35She conceived again, and bore a son. She said, “This time will I yadah ·extend hands in thankful praise· to Adonai.” Therefore she named him Judah [Praised]. Then she stopped bearing.

Genesis 42:6Joseph [May he add] was the governor over the land. It was he who sold to all the people of the land. Joseph [May he add]’s brothers came, and bowed themselves down to him with their faces to the earth.

Genesis 46:12The sons of Judah [Praised]: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan [Humbled]. The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.

Numbers 10:14First, the standard of the camp of the children of Judah [Praised] went forward according to their armies. Nahshon the son of Amminadab was over his army.

Deuteronomy 33:7This is for Judah [Praised]. He said, 1 “ Sh'ma ·Hear obey·, Adonai, the voice of Judah [Praised]. 2 Bring him in to his people. 1 With his hands he contended for himself. 2 You shall be a help against his adversaries.” (2)

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 →

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