Genesis 49:8-12

8 “Judah,[a] your brothers will praise you; your hand will be on the neck of your enemies; your father’s sons will bow down to you.
9 You are a lion’s cub, Judah; you return from the prey, my son. Like a lion he crouches and lies down, like a lioness—who dares to rouse him?
10 The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet,[b]until he to whom it belongs[c] shall come and the obedience of the nations shall be his.
11 He will tether his donkey to a vine, his colt to the choicest branch; he will wash his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.
12 His eyes will be darker than wine, his teeth whiter than milk.[d]

Cross References 14

  • 1. S Genesis 29:35
  • 2. Deuteronomy 28:48
  • 3. S Genesis 9:25; Deuteronomy 33:7; 1 Chronicles 5:2
  • 4. Numbers 24:9; Psalms 7:2; Psalms 10:9; Ezekiel 19:5; Micah 5:8
  • 5. Ezekiel 19:2
  • 6. Revelation 5:5
  • 7. ver 27; Numbers 23:24; Job 38:39; Psalms 17:12; Psalms 22:13; Psalms 104:21
  • 8. Numbers 24:17,19; Judges 1:1-2; Judges 20:18; 1 Chronicles 5:2; 1 Chronicles 28:4; Psalms 60:7; Psalms 108:8
  • 9. Ezekiel 21:27
  • 10. Psalms 2:9; Psalms 72:8-11; Psalms 98:3; Psalms 110:2; Isaiah 2:4; Isaiah 26:18; Isaiah 42:1,4; Isaiah 45:22; Isaiah 48:20; Isaiah 49:6; Isaiah 51:5
  • 11. Judges 5:10; Judges 10:4; Zechariah 9:9
  • 12. Deuteronomy 8:8; 2 Kings 18:32
  • 13. Deuteronomy 32:14; Isaiah 63:2
  • 14. Song of Songs 5:12

Footnotes 4

  • [a]. "Judah" sounds like and may be derived from the Hebrew for "praise."
  • [b]. Or "from his descendants"
  • [c]. Or "to whom tribute belongs" ; the meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
  • [d]. Or "will be dull from wine," / "his teeth white from milk"
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