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,

30 in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre in the land of Canaan, ^awhich Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite as a possession for a burial place.

31 ^aThere they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife, ^bthere they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife, and there I buried Leah.

32 The field and the cave that is there were purchased from the sons of Heth.”

33 And when Jacob had finished commanding his sons, he drew his feet up into the bed and breathed his last, and was gathered to his people.

Verse Comparison: Genesis 49:27

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American Standard Version
Benjamin is a wolf that raveneth: In the morning she shall devour the prey, And at even he shall divide the spoil.

Amplified® Bible
Benjamin is a ravenous wolf, in the morning devouring the prey and at night dividing the spoil.

Contemporary English Version
Benjamin, you are a fierce wolf, destroying your enemies morning and evening.

Darby English Version
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.

Good News Bible
"Benjamin is like a vicious wolf. Morning and evening he kills and devours."

King James Version
Benjamin shall raven as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.

New American Standard Bible
"Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; In the morning he devours the prey, And in the evening he divides the spoil."

New International Version
"Benjamin is a ravenous wolf;
in the morning he devours the prey,
in the evening he divides the plunder."

New King James Version
“ Benjamin is a ravenous wolf;
In the morning he shall devour the prey,
And at night he shall divide the spoil.”

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Benjamin resembles a ravenous wolf; In the morning he devours the prey, And in the evening he divides the spoil."

Revised Standard Version
Benjamin is a ravenous wolf, in the morning devouring the prey, and at even dividing the spoil."

Young's Literal Translation
Benjamin! a wolf teareth; In the morning he eateth prey, And at evening he apportioneth spoil.'

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