27|Benjamin is a ravenous wolf. In the morning he will devour the prey. At evening he will divide the spoil.|


In Context

24 But his bow remained strong. The arms of his hands were made strong, by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, (from there is the shepherd, the stone of Israel),

25 even by the God of your father, who will help you; by the Almighty, who will bless you, with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lies below, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb.

26 The blessings of your father have prevailed above the blessings of your ancestors, above the boundaries of the ancient hills. They will be on the head of Joseph, on the crown of the head of him who is separated from his brothers.

27 |Benjamin is a ravenous wolf. In the morning he will devour the prey. At evening he will divide the spoil.|

28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father spoke to them and blessed them. He blessed everyone according to his blessing.

29 He instructed them, and said to them, |I am to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

Genesis 49:27 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

49:27Benjamin shall ravin [as] a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

49:27"Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning he devours the prey, in the evening he divides the plunder."

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

49:27Benjamin shall shred as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

49:27Benjamin a ravenous wolf, in the morning shall eat the prey, and in the evening shall divide the spoil.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

49:27Benjamin is a wolf that raveneth: In the morning she shall devour the prey, And at even he shall divide the spoil.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

49:27Benjamin as a wolf will he tear to pieces; In the morning he will devour the prey, And in the evening he will divide the booty.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

49:27Benjamin is a wolf that ravineth: In the morning he shall devour the prey, And at even he shall divide the spoil.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

49:27Benjamin shall raven as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

49:27Benjamin! a wolf teareth; In the morning he eateth prey, And at evening he apportioneth spoil.'