Genesis 49:8-12

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“Judah, your brothers shall praise you;
Your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies;
^(A)Your father’s sons shall bow down to you.

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“Judah is a ^(B)lion’s whelp;
From the prey, my son, you have gone up.
^(C)He ^(a)couches, he lies down as a lion,
And as a ^(b)lion, who ^(c)dares rouse him up?

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“^(D)The scepter shall not depart from Judah,
Nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet,
^(d)Until Shiloh comes,
And ^(E)to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.

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“^(e)^(F)He ties his foal to the vine,
And his donkey’s colt to the choice vine;
^(G)He washes his garments in wine,
And his robes in the blood of grapes.

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“His eyes are ^(f)dull from wine,
And his teeth ^(g)white from milk.

Footnotes:

a. Genesis 49:9: ['Lit ', bows down]

b. Genesis 49:9: ['Or ', lioness]

c. Genesis 49:9: ['Lit ', shall]

d. Genesis 49:10: ['Or ', Until he comes to Shiloh, '; or ', Until he comes to whom it belongs]

e. Genesis 49:11: ['Lit ', Binding of]

f. Genesis 49:12: ['Or ', darker than]

g. Genesis 49:12: ['Or ', whiter than]

Cross references:

A. Genesis 49:8: Genesis 27:29; 1 Chronicles 5:2

B. Genesis 49:9: Ezekiel 19:5-7; Micah 5:8

C. Genesis 49:9: Numbers 24:9

D. Genesis 49:10: Numbers 24:17; Psalm 60:7; Psalm 108:8

E. Genesis 49:10: Psalm 2:6-9; Psalm 72:8-11; Isaiah 42:1; Isaiah 42:4; Isaiah 49:6

F. Genesis 49:11: Deuteronomy 8:7; Deuteronomy 8:8

G. Genesis 49:11: Isaiah 63:2