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Genesis 49:27-29
Good News Translation
Genesis 49:27-29
Good News Translation
27 “Benjamin is like a vicious wolf.
Morning and evening he kills and devours.”
28 These are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said as he spoke a suitable word of farewell to each son.
The Death and Burial of Jacob
29 Then Jacob commanded his sons, “Now that I am going to join my people in death, bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
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Genesis 49:27-29
New International Version
Genesis 49:27-29
New International Version
27 “Benjamin(A) is a ravenous wolf;(B)
in the morning he devours the prey,(C)
in the evening he divides the plunder.”(D)
28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel,(E) and this is what their father said to them when he blessed them, giving each the blessing(F) appropriate to him.
The Death of Jacob
29 Then he gave them these instructions:(G) “I am about to be gathered to my people.(H) Bury me with my fathers(I) in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite,(J)
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