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my soul come not into the counsel of them, and my glory be not in the congregation of them; for in their strong vengeance, they killed a man, and in their [own] will, they undermined the wall (for in their anger, they have killed some men, and to make sport, they have wounded some oxen);

cursed be the strong vengeance of them, for it is obstinate, and the indignation of them, for it is hard; I shall part them in Jacob (I shall divide them in Jacob), and I shall scatter them in Israel.

Judah, thy brethren shall praise thee, thine hands shall be in the nolls of thine enemies; the sons of thy father shall worship thee. (Judah, thy brothers shall praise thee, thy hands shall be upon the necks of thy enemies; the sons of thy father shall bow before thee.)

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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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Footnotes

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