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26 The blessings of your father
Have surpassed the blessings of my ancestors
Up to the [a]utmost bound of (A)the everlasting hills;
May they be on the head of Joseph,
And on the top of the head of the one distinguished among his brothers.

27 “Benjamin is a [b]ravenous wolf;
In the morning he devours the prey,
And in the evening he divides the spoil.”

Jacob Breathes His Last

28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father spoke to them. So he blessed them. He blessed them, every one [c]with the blessing appropriate to him.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 49:26 Or desire; lit limit
  2. Genesis 49:27 Lit a wolf that tears
  3. Genesis 49:28 Lit according to his blessing