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Genesis 49:27

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

Benjamin {H1144} shall ravin {H2963} as a wolf {H2061}: in the morning {H1242} he shall devour {H398} the prey {H5706}, and at night {H6153} he shall divide {H2505} the spoil {H7998}.

"Binyamin is a ravenous wolf, in the morning devouring the prey, in the evening still dividing the spoil."

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

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

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Cross-References

  • Genesis 35:18 (3 votes)

    And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin.

  • Judges 20:25 (3 votes)

    And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword.

  • Genesis 46:21 (3 votes)

    And the sons of Benjamin [were] Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.

  • Ezekiel 22:27 (3 votes)

    Her princes in the midst thereof [are] like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, [and] to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.

  • Judges 20:21 (3 votes)

    And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty and two thousand men.

  • Ezekiel 22:25 (2 votes)

    [There is] a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof.

  • Matthew 7:15 (2 votes)

    Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.