Genesis 49:12
His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.
KJV
Pulchriores sunt oculi ejus vino, et dentes ejus lacte candidiores.
Vulgate
χαροποιοὶ οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ ὑπὲρ οἶνον, καὶ λευκοὶ οἱ ὀδόντες αὐτοῦ ἢ γάλα.
LXX
His eyes shall be red with wine, And his teeth white with milk.
ASV
חַכְלִילִ֥י עֵינַ֖יִם מִ/יָּ֑יִן וּ/לְבֶן שִׁנַּ֖יִם מֵ/חָלָֽב
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
ו
v
noun · 55×
חַכְלִילִ֥י
chklyly
adjective · 1×
חָלָ֖ב
chlb
noun · 43×
יָ֑יִן
yyn
noun · 139×
ךָ
k
noun · 894×
לָבָ֑ן
lbn
adjective · 29×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Chapter 41.—Of the Blessing Which Jacob Promised in Judah His Son. If, on account of the Christian people in whom the city of God sojourns in the earth, we look for the flesh of Christ in the seed of Abraham, setting aside the sons of the concubines, we have Isaac; if in the seed of Isaac, setting aside Esau, who is also Edom, we have Jacob, who also is Israel; if in the seed o…
Cross-references
- Prov 23:29 — Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?