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Let me not enter their council,
let my honor not be connected with their people;
for in their anger they killed men,
and at their whim they maimed cattle.
Cursed be their anger, for it has been fierce;
their fury, for it has been cruel.
I will divide them in Ya‘akov
and scatter them in Isra’el.

“Y’hudah, your brothers will acknowledge you,
your hand will be on the neck of your enemies,
your father’s sons will bow down before you.

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Let me not enter their council,
    let me not join their assembly,(A)
for they have killed men in their anger(B)
    and hamstrung(C) oxen as they pleased.
Cursed be their anger, so fierce,
    and their fury,(D) so cruel!(E)
I will scatter them in Jacob
    and disperse them in Israel.(F)

“Judah,[a](G) your brothers will praise you;
    your hand will be on the neck(H) of your enemies;
    your father’s sons will bow down to you.(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 49:8 Judah sounds like and may be derived from the Hebrew for praise.