Paul And Benjamin

Benjamin lupus rapax, mane comedens praedam, ad vesperam dividet spolia. Quibus dicitis apostolus Paulus designatur, de Benjamin stirpe progenitus, qui mane rapuit praedam, id est, in primodriis fideles, quos potuit, devastavit. Vespere autem spolia divisit, quia fidelis postmodum factus sacra eloquia audientibus discretione mirifica dispensavit: legimus quemdam ex doctoribus ad urbem Jerusalem ea quae de Benjamin scripta sunt referentem. Benjamin, inquit, filius doloris interpretatur. Sanctus Isidorus Hispalensis,Mysticorum Expositiones Sacramentorum Seu Quaestiones In Vetus Testamentum, In Genesin, Caput XXXI Source: Migne PL 83.286a

Benjamin is a rapacious wolf, in the morning devouring the prey, at evening dividing the spoils. 1 By which words the Apostle Paul is designated, who was of the tribe of Benjamin, 2 who in the morning seized the prey, that is, who in his early years, when he was able, ravaged the faithful. And in the evening he divided the spoil because after being made faithful with sacred eloquence he dispensed with discretion wonders to his hearers. So we read in one of the learned of the city of Jerusalem what these things  written concerning Benjamin refer to. And Benjamin, we read, is interpreted, son of sorrow. 3 Saint Isidore of Seville, Expositions of Sacred Mysteries or Questions on the Old Testament, On Genesis, Chap 31 1 Gen 49.27 2 Philip 3.5 3 Gen 35.18