Genesis 49:27 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 49:27

Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning he devours the prey, in the evening he divides the plunder.”

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.

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Commentary

2 voices

Ambrose of Milan

On the Blessings of the Patriarchs (397)

The devil has many wolves, whom he directs towards the sheep of Christ; and therefore Joseph, being intelligent, snatched the wolf Paul, the enemy who came to plunder the sheep, in order to save his own sheep, making him a teacher from a persecutor. Concerning whom Jacob says, as it is written: Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning he shall devour prey, and in the evening he shall divide the spoil among the princes. The wolf was present when he scattered and devoured the sheep of the Church. But the one who was a wolf became a shepherd.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf,.... All the three Targums apply this prophecy to the priests offering the daily sacrifice, morning and evening, in the temple, which stood in the lot of Benjamin, and dividing what was left, and eating it. But it respects the tribe itself, compared to a wolf for its fortitude, courage, and valour, as well as for its rapaciousness, it being a warlike tribe; and the Jewish writers (q) say, that it is compared to a wolf, because of its strength.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
בִּנְיָמִין֙	bin.ya.Min	Benjamin	H1144 →
זְאֵ֣ב	ze.'Ev	[is] a wolf	H2061 →
יִטְרָ֔ף	yit.Raf	[which] it tears to pieces	H2963 →
בַּבֹּ֖קֶר	ba.Bo.ker	in the morning	H1242 →
יֹ֣אכַל	Yo.khal	he consumes	H398 →
עַ֑ד	'Ad	booty	H5706 →
וְלָעֶ֖רֶב	ve.la.'E.rev	and to the evening	H6153 →
יְחַלֵּ֥ק	ye.cha.Lek	he divides	H2505 →
שָׁלָֽל׃	sha.Lal	plunder	H7998 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Numbers 23:24
Behold, the people rise like a lioness; they rouse themselves like a lion, not resting until they devour their prey and drink the blood of the slain.”
leads to
- Genesis 49:9
  Judah is a young lion—my son, you return from the prey. Like a lion he crouches and lies down; like a lioness, who dares to rouse him?
- Revelation 5:5
  Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed to open the scroll and its seven seals.”
- Numbers 24:17
  I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come forth from Jacob, and a scepter will arise from Israel. He will crush the skulls of Moab and…
- Zechariah 12:6
  On that day I will make the clans of Judah like a firepot in a woodpile, like a flaming torch among the sheaves; they will consume all the peoples around them on the right…
- Numbers 24:8–9
  God brought him out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox, to devour hostile nations and crush their bones, to pierce them with arrows.
Through
Ezekiel 22:27
Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives for dishonest gain.
leads to
- Ezekiel 22:13
  Now look, I strike My hands together against your unjust gain and against the blood you have shed in your midst.
Through
Genesis 46:21
The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.
leads to
- 1 Chronicles 7:6–12
  The three sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, and Jediael.
Through
Judges 20:25
That same day the Benjamites came out against them from Gibeah and cut down another 18,000 Israelites, all of them armed with swords.
leads to
- Judges 20:21
  And the Benjamites came out of Gibeah and cut down 22,000 Israelites on the battlefield that day.

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02Original language & word study

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About Genesis

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Genesis