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.
Context
This verse from Genesis Chapter 49 connects to 10 cross-references. Jacob gathers his twelve sons and pronounces oracular blessings and curses over each, predicting their tribal destinies: Judah receives the promise of kingship and the scepter until Shiloh comes, while Reuben, Simeon, and Levi receive rebukes. Jacob dies after requesting …
Other Translations
Benjamin is a wolf that raveneth: In the morning he shall devour the prey, And at even he shall divide the spoil.
Benjamin! a wolf teareth; In the morning he eateth prey, And at evening he apportioneth spoil.'
Benjamin is a wolf, searching for meat: in the morning he takes his food, and in the evening he makes division of what he has taken.
Cross References
And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Ben–oni: …
And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, …
Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall …
And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by him; and the Lord shall …
But when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord, the Lord raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son …
And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all lusty, and all men of valour; and …
And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites that …
And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the …
Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings in the ears of the people: and all …
And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the …