For Judah prevailed above his brothers, and of him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph's:)
For Judah prevailed above his brothers, and of him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph's:)
For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the prince; but the birthright was Joseph's:)
Though Judah became stronger than his brothers, and from him came the ruler, the birthright was Joseph's:)
For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler; but the birth-right was Joseph's:)
For Judah prevailed above his brothers, and of him came the prince; but the birthright was Joseph's:)
For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the prince; but the birthright was Joseph's:)
And of him came the chief ruler - This is, by both the Syriac and Arabic, understood of Christ: "From Judah the King Messiah shall proceed." The Chaldee paraphrases the verse thus: "Seeing Judah prevailed over his brethren, so the kingdom was taken from Reuben and given to Judah; and because he was strong, so was his kingdom. Levi also was godly, and did not transgress in the matter of the golden calf; therefore the high priesthood was taken away from the children of Reuben, and on their account from all the first-born, and given to Aaron and his sons. The custody of the sanctuary belonged to the Levites, but the birthright to Joseph." - T.
5:2 Judah - Not the person, but the tribe of Judah.Prevailed - Excelled the other tribes, especially in the followingprivilege.