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Genesis 49:8-10
International Standard Version
Genesis 49:8-10
International Standard Version
On the Future of Judah
8 “Your brothers will praise you, Judah.[a]
Your hand will be at the throat of your enemies,
and your father’s children will bow down to you.
9 Judah is a lion cub.
My son, you have gone up from the prey.
Crouching like a lion,
he lies down,
Like a lioness,
who would dare rouse him?
10 The scepter will not depart from Judah,
nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet,
until the one[b] comes, who owns them both,[c]
and to him will belong the allegiance[d] of nations.
Footnotes
- Genesis 49:8 The Heb. verb praise is a word play on the name Judah
- Genesis 49:10 Or until Shiloh
- Genesis 49:10 Lit. comes to whom it belongs; i.e. the authority represented by the scepter and ruler’s staff
- Genesis 49:10 Or obedience
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