Genesis 49:17-24
English Standard Version
17 Dan (A)shall be a serpent in the way,
a viper by the path,
that bites the horse's heels
so that his rider falls backward.
18 I (B)wait for your salvation, O Lord.
20 (E)“Asher's food shall be rich,
and he shall yield royal delicacies.
22 “Joseph is (G)a fruitful bough,
a fruitful bough by a spring;
his branches run over the wall.[c]
23 The archers (H)bitterly attacked him,
shot at him, and harassed him severely,
24 yet (I)his bow remained unmoved;
his arms[d] were made agile
by the hands of the (J)Mighty One of Jacob
(from there is (K)the Shepherd,[e] (L)the Stone of Israel),
Footnotes
- Genesis 49:19 Gad sounds like the Hebrew for raiders and raid
- Genesis 49:21 Or he gives beautiful words, or that bears fawns of the fold
- Genesis 49:22 Or Joseph is a wild donkey, a wild donkey beside a spring, his wild colts beside the wall
- Genesis 49:24 Hebrew the arms of his hands
- Genesis 49:24 Or by the name of the Shepherd
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