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Genesis 49:27

Benjamin

25 by the God of your father who helps you, and by the Almighty who blesses you, with blessings of the heavens above, with blessings of the depths below, with blessings of the breasts and womb.

26 The blessings of your father have surpassed the blessings of the ancient mountains and the bounty of the everlasting hills. May they rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince of his brothers.

Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning he devours the prey, in the evening he divides the plunder.”

28 These are the tribes of Israel, twelve in all, and this was what their father said to them. He blessed them, and he blessed each one with a suitable blessing.

29 Then Jacob instructed them, “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.

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BSB
Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning he devours the prey, in the evening he divides the plunder.”
KJV
Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.
WEB
“Benjamin is a ravenous wolf. In the morning he will devour the prey. At evening he will divide the plunder.”
ASV
Benjamin is a wolf that raveneth: In the morning she shall devour the prey, And at even he shall divide the spoil.
DARBY
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.
BLB
Benjamin is a wolf [that] tears; in the morning he shall devour prey, and in the evening he shall divide spoil.”
ÅB
Benjamin er en glupende ulv; om morgenen spiser han opp rov, og om kvelden deler han ut hærfang.
OTB
«Benjamin er en glupsk ulv; om morgenen fortærer han byttet, og om kvelden deler han byttet.»
B1930
Benjamin er en glupende ulv; om morgenen eter han op rov, og om aftenen deler han ut hærfang.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Judges 20:21

    And the Benjamites came out of Gibeah and cut down 22,000 Israelites on the battlefield that day.

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  • Judges 20:25

    That same day the Benjamites came out against them from Gibeah and cut down another 18,000 Israelites, all of them armed with swords.

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  • Numbers 23:24

    Behold, the people rise like a lioness; they rouse themselves like a lion, not resting until they devour their prey and drink the blood of the slain.”

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  • Ezekiel 22:27

    Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives for dishonest gain.

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  • Genesis 35:18

    And with her last breath—for she was dying—she named him Ben-oni. But his father called him Benjamin.

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  • Genesis 46:21

    The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.

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  • Judges 3:15–29

    And again they cried out to the LORD, and He raised up Ehud son of Gera, a left-handed Benjamite, as their deliverer. So they sent him with tribute to Eglon king of Moab.

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  • Hosea 13:7–8

    So like a lion I will pounce on them; like a leopard I will lurk by the path.

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