Genesis 49:27

Ben Iamin is a raueshynge wolfe. In the mornynge be shall deuoure his praye ad at nyghte he shall deuyde his spoyle.

William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)

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

26The blessinges of thy father were stronge: euen as the blessinges of my elders after the desyre of the hiest in the worlde and these blessinges shall fall on the head of Ioseph and on the toppe of the head of him yt was separat from his brethern.

28All these are the.xij. tribes of Israel and this is that which their father spake vnto them whe he blessed them euery man with a severall blessinge.

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Cross References

Genesis 35:18Then as hir soule was a departinge that she must dye: she called his name Ben Oni. But his father called him Ben Iamin.

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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