Genesis 49:27 - Forerunner Commentary

Genesis 49:27

25 ^aBy the God of your father who will help you,
^bAnd by the Almighty ^cwho will bless you
With blessings of heaven above,
Blessings of the deep that lies beneath,
Blessings of the breasts and of the womb.

26 The blessings of your father
Have excelled the blessings of my ancestors,
^aUp to the utmost bound of the everlasting hills.
^bThey shall be on the head of Joseph,
And on the crown of the head of him who was separate from his brothers.

27 “Benjamin is a ^aravenous wolf;
In the morning he shall devour the prey,
^bAnd at night he shall divide the spoil.”

28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father spoke to them. And he blessed them; he blessed each one according to his own blessing.

Jacob’s Death and Burial

29 Then he charged them and said to them: “I ^aam to be gathered to my people; ^bbury me with my fathers ^cin the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

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Definitions of words in Genesis 49:27:

Benjamin {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Benjamin {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Benjamin {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Divide {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

He {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Morning {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Night {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Spoil {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Other definition entries containing Genesis 49:27:

Benjamin {Easton's}
Bless {Easton's}
Wolf {Easton's}
Benjamin {I.S.B.E.}
Raven; Ravin {I.S.B.E.}
Wolf {I.S.B.E.}

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