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Genesis 49:27-29
International Standard Version
Genesis 49:27-29
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.”
Jacob Dies and is Buried
28 That’s how Israel blessed these[a] twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father told them when he pronounced his blessing for them, blessing each one with a blessing suitable for them. 29 In his last words, Jacob[b] issued this set of instructions to them all: “I’m about to join[c] our ancestors. Bury me alongside my ancestors in the cave in the field that used to belong to Ephron the Hittite.
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- Genesis 49:28 Lit. All these are the
- Genesis 49:29 Lit. he
- Genesis 49:29 Lit. to be gathered to
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