Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Genesis 49:27
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Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning he devours the prey, in the evening he divides the plunder.”
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¶ Benjamin shall ravin [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 plunder.”
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
Benjamin is a wolf that raveneth: In the morning he shall devour the prey, And at even he shall divide the spoil.
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Genesis 49
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.
27 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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