Verse 27
Genesis 49:27
New Living Translation
27
“Benjamin is a ravenous wolf,<br>devouring his enemies in the morning<br>and dividing his plunder in the evening.”<br>
Original Language Text
hebrew
בִּנְיָמִין֙ זְאֵ֣ב יִטְרָ֔ף בַּ/בֹּ֖קֶר יֹ֣אכַל עַ֑ד וְ/לָ/עֶ֖רֶב יְחַלֵּ֥ק שָׁלָֽל
English Translation
Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning he devours the prey, and in the evening he divides the spoil.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 49 Context
1
Then Jacob called together all his sons and said, “Gather around me, and I will tell you what will h...
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2
“Come and listen, you sons of Jacob;<br>listen to Israel, your father.<br>
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3
“Reuben, you are my firstborn, my strength,<br>the child of my vigorous youth.<br>You are first in r...
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4
But you are as unruly as a flood,<br>and you will be first no longer.<br>For you went to bed with my...
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5
“Simeon and Levi are two of a kind;<br>their weapons are instruments of violence.<br>
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6
May I never join in their meetings;<br>may I never be a party to their plans.<br>For in their anger...
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7
A curse on their anger, for it is fierce;<br>a curse on their wrath, for it is cruel.<br>I will scat...
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8
“Judah, your brothers will praise you.<br>You will grasp your enemies by the neck.<br>All your relat...
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9
Judah, my son, is a young lion<br>that has finished eating its prey.<br>Like a lion he crouches and...
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10
The scepter will not depart from Judah,<br>nor the ruler’s staff from his descendants,<br>until the...
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11
He ties his foal to a grapevine,<br>the colt of his donkey to a choice vine.<br>He washes his clothe...
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12
His eyes are darker than wine,<br>and his teeth are whiter than milk.<br>
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13
“Zebulun will settle by the seashore<br>and will be a harbor for ships;<br>his borders will extend t...
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14
“Issachar is a sturdy donkey,<br>resting between two saddlepacks.<br>
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15
When he sees how good the countryside is<br>and how pleasant the land,<br>he will bend his shoulder...
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16
“Dan will govern his people,<br>like any other tribe in Israel.<br>
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17
Dan will be a snake beside the road,<br>a poisonous viper along the path<br>that bites the horse’s h...
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18
I trust in you for salvation, O LORD!<br>
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19
“Gad will be attacked by marauding bands,<br>but he will attack them when they retreat.<br>
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20
“Asher will dine on rich foods<br>and produce food fit for kings.<br>
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21
“Naphtali is a doe set free<br>that bears beautiful fawns.<br>
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22
“Joseph is the foal of a wild donkey,<br>the foal of a wild donkey at a spring —<br>one of the wild...
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23
Archers attacked him savagely;<br>they shot at him and harassed him.<br>
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24
But his bow remained taut,<br>and his arms were strengthened<br>by the hands of the Mighty One of Ja...
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25
May the God (Elohim) of your father help you;<br>may the Almighty bless you<br>with the blessings of...
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26
May my fatherly blessings on you<br>surpass the blessings of my ancestors,<br>reaching to the height...
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27
“Benjamin is a ravenous wolf,<br>devouring his enemies in the morning<br>and dividing his plunder in...
28
These are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said as he told his sons good-b...
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29
Then Jacob instructed them, “Soon I will die and join my ancestors. Bury me with my father and grand...
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30
This is the cave in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre in Canaan, that Abraham bought from Ephron th...
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31
There Abraham and his wife Sarah are buried. There Isaac and his wife, Rebekah, are buried. And ther...
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32
It is the plot of land and the cave that my grandfather Abraham bought from the Hittites.”
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33
When Jacob had finished this charge to his sons, he drew his feet into the bed, breathed his last, a...
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