27 Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning he devours the prey, in the evening he divides the plunder.”
Genesis 49:27
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Deuteronomy 33:19–21
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Numbers 24:8–10
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Numbers 23:23–25
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Genesis 49:8–10
8 Judah, your brothers shall praise you. Your hand shall be on the necks of your enemies; your father’s sons shall bow down to you. 9 Judah is a young lion— my son, you return from the prey. Like a lion he crouches and lies down; like a lioness, who dares to rouse…
Deuteronomy 33:11–13
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Genesis 49:16–18
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Genesis 16:11–13
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9 He has barred my ways with cut stones; He has made my paths crooked. 10 He is a bear lying in wait, a lion hiding in ambush. 11 He forced me off my path and tore me to pieces; He left me without help.
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