Genesis 49:27
"Benjamin is a ravenous wolf.In the morning he will devour the prey.At evening he will divide the spoil."
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Genesis 35:18It happened, as her soul was departing (for she died), that she named him Benoni, but his father named him Benjamin.
Numbers 23:24Behold, the people rises up as a lioness,As a lion he lifts himself up.He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey,and drinks the blood of the slain."
Deuteronomy 33:12Of Benjamin he said,"The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by him.He covers him all the day long.He dwells between his shoulders."
Judges 20:21The children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites on that day Twenty-two thousand men.
1 Samuel 11:4Then the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul, and spoke these words in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voice, and wept.
1 Samuel 17:1Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle; and they were gathered together at Socoh, which belongs to Judah, and encamped between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim.
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 →