Genesis 49:27

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Summary

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.

Ravin

Genesis 35:18

Genesis 46:21

Deuteronomy 33:12

A wolf

Philippians 3:5

At night

Acts 20:29

General references

Numbers 1:36

Bible References

Ravin

And it came to pass as her soul was departing for she died that she called his name Benoni; but his father called him Benjamin.

And the sons of Benjamin: Belah, And Becher, And Ashbel, Gera And Naaman, Ehi And Rosh, Muppim, And Huppim, And Ard.

Of Benjamin he said, The beloved of Jehovah, he shall dwell in safety by him; He will cover him all the day long, And dwell between his shoulders.

A wolf

Lo, the people will rise up as a lioness, and lift himself up as a lion. He shall not lie down until he have eaten the prey and drunk the blood of the slain.

But when the people of Israel cried to the LORD, the LORD raised up for them a deliverer, Ehud, the son of Gera, the Benjaminite, a left-handed man. The people of Israel sent tribute by him to Eglon the king of Moab.

The Benjaminites came out of Gib'e-ah, and felled to the ground on that day twenty-two thousand men of the Israelites.

And the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and told these words in the ears of the people. And all the people lifted up their voice and wept.

But Saul ravaged the assembly, entering into the houses one after another, and dragging off both men and women delivered them up to prison.

But Saul, still breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, came to the high priest

as to circumcision, I received it the eighth day; of the race of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee;

At night

Therefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, a wolf of the evenings shall waste them; the leopard lurketh against their cities, every one that goeth out thence is torn in pieces: for their transgressions are multiplied, their backslidings are increased.

There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst of her like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they devour souls; they take away treasure and precious things; they increase her widows in the midst of her;

And I will be unto them as a lion; as a leopard I will lurk for them by the way;

Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, that leave nothing for the morning.

But beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but within are ravening wolves.

Behold, I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves; be therefore prudent as the serpents, and guileless as the doves.

For I know this, that there will come in amongst you after my departure grievous wolves, not sparing the flock;

General references

Of the sons of Benjamin: their generations, after their families, according to their fathers' houses, by the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that went forth to military service: