Genesis 49:12

Darker—his eyes, than wine,—Whiter—his teeth than milk!

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.

In Context

11Binding, to the vine, his ass, And to the choice vine his ass’s colt, He hath washed in wine his raiment, And in the blood of grapes, his mantle:

13Zebulon, by a haven of seas, shall he settle down,—Even he, by a haven of ships, With his utmost part upon Zidon.

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Matthew Henry on Genesis 49:9-13

8 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. 9 Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up? 10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be. 11 Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the… Read the whole commentary →

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