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Genesis 49:8 KJV
Genesis · chapter 49 · verse 8
Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father’s children shall bow down before thee.Genesis 49:8 · King James Version
Genesis 49:8 in context
6O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.
7Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
8Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father’s children shall bow down before thee.
9Judah is a lion’s whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?
10The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- brethrenʼâcha brother )H251 →
- father'sʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- enemiesʼôyêbhatingH341 →
- praiseyâdâhphysically, to throw at or awayH3034 →
- JudahYᵉhûwdâhJehudah , the name of five IsraelitesH3063 →
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Glorious things are here said of Judah. The mention of the crimes of the three elder of his sons had not so put the dying patriarch out of humour but that he had a blessing ready for Judah, to whom blessings belonged.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 8-12