| Josiah Priest - 1825 - 660 pages
...the way; an adder in the path, that biteth the horse-heels, so that the rider shall fall backwards. Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf; in the morning he...devour the prey; and at night he shall divide the spoil." Had the prophetic eye rested on the Arr^rican Aborigines, it seems as though no picture could... | |
| George Paxton - 1825 - 578 pages
...his den.m The dying patriarch, Jacob, ascribed to his youngest son, the rapacity of this animal : " Benjamin shall ravin as a •wolf: in the morning...devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil."" The wolf is weaker than the lion or the bear, and less courageous than the leopard ; but he... | |
| Andrew Fuller - 1825 - 432 pages
...dominion for ever and ever. Amen. Ver. 2J. The last blessing is that of Benjamin. Of him it is said, He shall ravin as a wolf : in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil. In this we see that it should be a warlike tribe ; and this it was, or it could not have resisted... | |
| Andrew Fuller - 1825 - 432 pages
...for ever and ever. Amen. Ver. 27". The last blessing is that of Benjamin. Of him it is said, He shatt ravin as a wolf : in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil. In this we see that it should be a warlike tribe ; and this it was, or it could not bave resisted... | |
| George Townsend - 1825 - 808 pages
...Tertullian, Ambrose, Jerome, and St. Augustin, in applying to St. Paul (Oen. xliz. 27.) Benjamin shall raven as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil. The Fathers would thus explain this prophecy — Paul, in tho morning of his life, like a wolf... | |
| George Townsend - 1825 - 810 pages
...Jerome, and St. Augustin, in applying to St. Paul (Gen. xlix. 27.) Benjamin shall raven as a wolf i in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil. The Fathers would thus explain this prophecy — Paul, in the morning of his life, like a wolf... | |
| 1826 - 1036 pages
...on the head of Joeph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren. 27 f And Hezekiah spoil. li 28 t All these are the twelve tribes of Israel : and this it il that their father spake onto... | |
| George Townsend - 1826 - 902 pages
...of Joseph, and AC icso. on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren. 27 5F Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he...devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil. 28 5[ All these are the twelve tribes of Israel : and this is if that their father spake unto... | |
| 1827 - 842 pages
...on the head of Joseph and on the crown of the head of him tha was separate from his brethren. 27 II the people. 16 Thou hast with thint arm redeemed a _•_!_. L^ _L_II .!• * l_ .1 •! eight lie shall divide the spoi 28 H All these an the twc JL... | |
| Johann Jahn - 1828 - 288 pages
...who was first a persecutor and afterwards a teacher of nations, these words: " Benjamin shall raven as a wolf; in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil." Some authors have thought that Tertullian obtained this quotation from a passage in the Testament... | |
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