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Genesis 49:27

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

KJV

Benjamin lupus rapax, mane comedat prædam, et vespere dividet spolia.

Vulgate

Βενιαμεὶν λύκος ἅρπαξ· τὸ πρωινὸν ἔδεται ἔτι, καὶ εἰς τὸ ἑσπέρας δίδωσιν τροφήν.

LXX

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

ASV

בִּנְיָמִין֙ זְאֵ֣ב יִטְרָ֔ף בַּ/בֹּ֖קֶר יֹ֣אכַל עַ֑ד וְ/לָ/עֶ֖רֶב יְחַלֵּ֥ק שָׁלָֽל

Hebrew

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In this verse

People Benjamin

In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בִנְיָמִ֔ן
bnymn
proper_noun · 167×
בֹּ֔קֶר
bqr
noun · 214×
זְאֵבִ֖ים
z'bym
noun · 7×
טָרֹ֥ף
trp
verb · 25×
ם
m
verb · 811×
ם
m
verb · 64×
עַ֑ד
'd
noun · 3×
עָֽרֶב
'rb
noun · 134×
שָּׁלָ֖ל
shll
noun · 74×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Exod 15:9 — The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
  • Ezek 22:27 — Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.
  • Gen 35:18 — 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.
  • Gen 46:21 — And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.
  • Judg 20:21 — 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.
  • Judg 20:25 — 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.
  • Num 1:36 — Of the children of Benjamin, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go
  • Num 23:24 — Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.