Into their secret let not my soul come: my [a]glory be not thou joined with their assembly: for in their wrath they slew a [b]man, and in their self-will they dug down a wall.

Cursed be their wrath, for it was fierce, and their rage, for it was cruel: I will [c]divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.

¶ Thou Judah, thy brethren shall praise thee: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies: thy father’s son shall [d]bow down before unto thee.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 49:6 Or, tongue: meaning that he neither consented to them in word nor thought.
  2. Genesis 49:6 The Shechemites, Gen. 34:26.
  3. Genesis 49:7 For Levi had no part, and Simeon was under Judah, Josh. 19:1, till God gave them the place of the Amalekites, 1 Chron. 4:43.
  4. Genesis 49:8 As was verified in David and Christ.

Let me not enter their council,
    let me not join their assembly,(A)
for they have killed men in their anger(B)
    and hamstrung(C) oxen as they pleased.
Cursed be their anger, so fierce,
    and their fury,(D) so cruel!(E)
I will scatter them in Jacob
    and disperse them in Israel.(F)

“Judah,[a](G) your brothers will praise you;
    your hand will be on the neck(H) of your enemies;
    your father’s sons will bow down to you.(I)

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  1. Genesis 49:8 Judah sounds like and may be derived from the Hebrew for praise.