Genesis 49:8-12
Tree of Life Version
8 Judah, so you are—
your brothers will praise you:
Your hand will be on your enemies’ neck.
Your father’s sons will bow down to you.
9 A lion’s cub is Judah—
from the prey, my son,
you have gone up.
He crouches, lies down like a lion,
or like a lioness—
who would rouse him?[a]
10 The scepter will not pass from Judah,
nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet,[b]
until he to whom it belongs will come.
To him will be the obedience of the peoples.[c]
11 Binding his foal to the vine,
his donkey’s colt to the choice vine,[d]
he washes his garments in wine,
and in the blood of grapes his robe.[e]
12 His eyes are darker than wine,
and teeth that are whiter than milk.
Footnotes
- Genesis 49:9 cf. Rev. 5:5.
- Genesis 49:10 cf. Rev. 19:15.
- Genesis 49:10 Or tribute comes or Shiloh comes . . .
- Genesis 49:11 cf. Zech. 9:9-10; Matt. 21:5; John 12:15.
- Genesis 49:11 cf. Isa. 63:1-2; Rev. 19:13.
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