The BENJAMIN connection

 Genesis 49:27

King James Version

27 Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: 

in the morning he shall devour the prey, 

and at night he shall divide the spoil.

That was the verse SPIRIT alerted me to this morning.

Showing another meaning of "wolf" in the Bible.

It represented the tribe of Benjamin.

One of the 12 tribes of Israel.

To better understand that verse, SPIRIT and I did a "word study".

And came up with these explanations from other Bible versions:

Genesis 49:27

Amplified Bible

27 “Benjamin is a [a]ravenous wolf;

In the morning he devours the prey,

And at night he divides the spoil.”

Footnotes

Genesis 49:27 The tribe of Benjamin invariably displayed courage and ferocity, particularly in their war with the other tribes. The tribe of Benjamin was absorbed by the tribe of Judah and is not mentioned after the return from the Babylonian captivity, except in connection with its former land or as the source of some individual person. Ehud, Saul, Jonathan, and the apostle Paul were Benjamites.

Genesis 49:27

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

27 Benjamin is a [a]ravenous wolf, in the morning devouring the prey and at night dividing the spoil.

Footnotes

Genesis 49:27 The tribe of Benjamin is fitly compared to a ravenous wolf because of the rude courage and ferocity which they invariably displayed, particularly in their war with the other tribes, in which they killed more men than all of their own numbers combined (Adam Clarke, The Holy Bible with A Commentary). The tribe was absorbed by the tribe of Judah and is not mentioned after the return from the Babylonian captivity, except in connection with its former land or as the source of some individual person. Ehud, Saul, Jonathan, and the apostle Paul were Benjamites.

Genesis 49:27

EasyEnglish Bible

Benjamin

27 Benjamin is like a hungry wolf. He kills an animal and eats it in the morning. In the evening, he gives what remains to his people.’[a]

Footnotes

49:27 Jacob is saying that Benjamin will go out and kill his enemies in the morning. And he will return in the evening. In the evening, he will give what he has taken from his enemies to his people.

Genesis 49:27

International Children’s Bible

27 “Benjamin is like a hungry wolf.

    In the morning he eats what he has caught.

    In the evening he divides what he has taken.”

Genesis 49:27

International Standard Version

On the Future of Benjamin

27 “Benjamin is vicious like a wolf;

    what he kills in the morning

        he devours in the evening.”

Bereshis 49:27

Orthodox Jewish Bible

27 Binyamin—a ze’ev (wolf) which tears in pieces; in the boker he shall devour the prey, and at erev he shall divide the plunder.

Genesis 49:27

Wycliffe Bible

27 Benjamin, a ravishing wolf (a ravenous wolf), shall eat the prey early, and in the eventide he shall part (the) spoils.

In SUMMARY, Benjamin "ravin as a wolf" means:

Benjamin is a [a]ravenous wolf;

The tribe of Benjamin invariably displayed courage and ferocity, particularly in their war with the other tribes.

The tribe of Benjamin is fitly compared to a ravenous wolf because of the rude courage and ferocity which they invariably displayed, particularly in their war with the other tribes, in which they killed more men than all of their own numbers combined (Adam Clarke, The Holy Bible with A Commentary).

Benjamin is like a hungry wolf.

Benjamin is vicious like a wolf;

Binyamin—a ze’ev (wolf) which tears in pieces;

Benjamin, a ravishing wolf (a ravenous wolf),

"Benjamin" was likened to that hungry, vicious wolf.

Representing the tribe's courage, and ferocity.

We shall find out more about Benjamin, through his birth.

That's for the next post.

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