What was Jacob doing on his deathbed?
On his deathbed, Jacob was delivering prophetic utterances concerning all twelve of his sons. He spoke prophetically, including a specific prophecy about Benjamin, the youngest, describing him as a wolf that devours prey in the morning and divides spoils at night.
Les explains that old Jacob, on his deathbed, was making prophetic utterances concerning all twelve sons, though the focus here is only on Benjamin. Les notes Jacob spoke prophetically from his deathbed in Genesis 49:27, saying Benjamin shall raven as a wolf; in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoils. Les connects this to Saul of Tarsus and Paul, who was from the tribe of Benjamin, and to the two aspects of Benjamin as the son of sorrow and the son of strength.