The Gemara told that the wise men of the enemy of the Jews Haman read Jacob's blessing of Judah in , "Your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies," to teach that Haman could not prevail against a descendant of Judah. Thus reports, "Then his (Haman's) wise men and Zeresh his wife said to him: ‘If Mordecai . . . be of the seed of the Jews (, "ha-Yehudim"), you shall not prevail against him.'" (The word , "ha-Yehudim", can refer to both the Jews and the people of the tribe of Judah.) The Gemara reported that the wise men told Haman that if Mordecai came from another tribe, then Haman could prevail over him, but if he came from one of the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, or Manasseh, then Haman would not prevail over him. They deduced the strength of descendants of Judah from . And they deduced the strength of descendants of Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh from , which says, "Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up your might."