Gen.49.9

Genesis 49:9

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Judah is a lion’s whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?

Jacob Blesses His Sons

Israel’s Prophecy concerning His Sons

Cross References

Revelation 5:5

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And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.

The Lamb Takes the Scroll

Numbers 23:24

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Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.

Balaam’s Second Oracle

The Prophecies of Balaam

Numbers 24:9

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He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.

Balaam’s Third Oracle

The Prophecy from Peor

Deuteronomy 33:20

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¶ And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head.

Moses Blesses the Twelve Tribes

Ezekiel 19:5

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Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.

A Lament for the Princes of Israel

Micah 5:8

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¶ And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.