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9Judah 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?

Genesis 49:9

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Matthew Henry

(vv. 8-12)

Glorious things are here said of Judah. The mention of the crimes of the three elder of his sons had not so put the dying patriarch out of humour but that he had a blessing ready for Judah, to whom blessings belonged. Judah’s name signifies praise , in allusion to which he says, Thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise , Gen. 49:8. God was praised for him (Gen. 29:35), praised by him, and praise...

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