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Genesis 49:7-9
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
Genesis 49:7-9
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce, and their wrath, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob and [a]scatter them in Israel.
8 Judah, you are the one whom your brothers shall praise; your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies; your father’s sons shall bow down to you.
9 Judah, a lion’s cub! With the prey, my son, you have gone high up [the mountain]. He stooped down, he crouched like a lion, and like a lioness—who dares provoke and rouse him?(A)
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- Genesis 49:7 This was literally fulfilled. Levi got no inheritance except 48 towns scattered throughout different parts of Canaan. As to Simeon, they were originally given only a few towns and villages in Judah’s lot (Josh. 19:1). Afterward, needing more room, they formed colonies in districts which they conquered from the Idumeans and the Amalekites
I Chron. 4:39, 40 . (Adam Clarke, The Holy Bible with A Commentary).
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