Genesis Chapter 49 verse 27 Holy Bible
Benjamin is a wolf that raveneth: In the morning she shall devour the prey, And at even he shall divide the spoil.
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Benjamin is a wolf, searching for meat: in the morning he takes his food, and in the evening he makes division of what he has taken.
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Benjamin -- [as] a wolf will he tear to pieces; In the morning he will devour the prey, And in the evening he will divide the booty.
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Benjamin shall raven as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.
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Benjamin shall raven as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.
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"Benjamin is a ravenous wolf. In the morning he will devour the prey. At evening he will divide the spoil."
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Benjamin! a wolf teareth; In the morning he eateth prey, And at evening he apportioneth spoil.'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 27. - Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf (literally, a wolf, he shall tear in pieces): in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil. The prediction alludes to the warlike character of the tribe of Benjamin, which was manifested in Ehud the judge (Judges 3:15), and Saul the king of Israel (1 Samuel 11:6-11; 1 Samuel 14:13, 15, 47, 48), who both sprang from Rachel's younger son.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(27) Benjamin.--With this description of their ancestor agrees the character of his race, which was the most spirited and warlike of all the tribes of Israel.It would be interesting to compare the notices of the several tribes in the subsequent history with Jacob's blessing of their progenitors, and with that also given by Moses. The fathers, moreover, found in the words of the patriarch faint foreshadowings of the spiritual truths of Christianity. But such discussions exceed the limits of a commentary, and it has seemed best to give only the primary explanation of Jacob's words, in accordance, as far as possible, with the standpoint of the patriarch himself.
