Genesis 49:27
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Genesis 49:27 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Genesis 49:27 is a verse from the book of Genesis in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Genesis 49:27 — KJV
“Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.”
— Genesis 49:27 (KJV)
Genesis 49:27 in Context — About the Book of Genesis
Genesis is the book of beginnings — creation, the fall, the flood, and the call of Abraham. It answers the oldest questions: where we came from, why the world is broken, and how God begins His rescue plan through one family. Every major theme in the Bible is planted here as a seed.
Cross-References for Genesis 49:27
“Have they not sped? have they not divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil? every...: Heb. the head of a man”
Shares key themes with Genesis 49:27: prey, divide, spoil
“And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and spoil them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee. Then said the priest, Let us draw near hither unto God.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 49:27: morning, night, spoil
“Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey. Thy...: or, They have forsaken thy tacklings”
Shares key themes with Genesis 49:27: prey, divide, spoil
“Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 49:27: devour, prey, spoil
“And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 49:27: morning, night
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