Genesis 49:25-27
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
25 By the God of your father, Who will help you, and by the Almighty, Who will bless you with blessings of the heavens above, blessings lying in the deep beneath, blessings of the breasts and of the womb.
26 The blessings of your father [on you] are greater than the blessings of my forefathers [Abraham and Isaac on me] and are as lasting as the bounties of the eternal hills; they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him who was the consecrated one and the one separated from his brethren and [the one who] is prince among them.
27 Benjamin is a [a]ravenous wolf, in the morning devouring the prey and at night dividing the spoil.
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- Genesis 49:27 The tribe of Benjamin is fitly compared to a ravenous wolf because of the rude courage and ferocity which they invariably displayed, particularly in their war with the other tribes, in which they killed more men than all of their own numbers combined (Adam Clarke, The Holy Bible with A Commentary). The tribe was absorbed by the tribe of Judah and is not mentioned after the return from the Babylonian captivity, except in connection with its former land or as the source of some individual person. Ehud, Saul, Jonathan, and the apostle Paul were Benjamites.
Genesis 49:25-27
New International Version
25 because of your father’s God,(A) who helps(B) you,
because of the Almighty,[a](C) who blesses you
with blessings of the skies above,
blessings of the deep springs below,(D)
blessings of the breast(E) and womb.(F)
26 Your father’s blessings are greater
than the blessings of the ancient mountains,
than[b] the bounty of the age-old hills.(G)
Let all these rest on the head of Joseph,(H)
on the brow of the prince among[c] his brothers.(I)
Footnotes
- Genesis 49:25 Hebrew Shaddai
- Genesis 49:26 Or of my progenitors, / as great as
- Genesis 49:26 Or of the one separated from
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