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Genesis 49:18-20
New English Translation
Genesis 49:18-20
New English Translation
18 I wait for your deliverance, O Lord.[a]
19 Gad will be raided by marauding bands,
but he will attack them at their heels.[b]
20 Asher’s[c] food will be rich,[d]
and he will provide delicacies[e] to royalty.
Footnotes
- Genesis 49:18 sn I wait for your deliverance, O Lord. As Jacob sees the conflicts that lie ahead for Dan and Gad (see v. 19), he offers a brief prayer for their security.
- Genesis 49:19 tc Heb “heel.” The MT has suffered from misdivision at this point. The initial mem on the first word in the next verse should probably be taken as a plural ending on the word “heel.”sn In Hebrew the name Gad (גָּד, gad) sounds like the words translated “raided” (יְגוּדֶנּוּ, yegudennu) and “marauding bands” (גְּדוּד, gedud).
- Genesis 49:20 tc Heb “from Asher,” but the initial mem (מ) of the MT should probably be moved to the end of the preceding verse and taken as a plural ending on “heel.”
- Genesis 49:20 tn The Hebrew word translated “rich,” when applied to products of the ground, means abundant in quantity and quality.
- Genesis 49:20 tn The word translated “delicacies” refers to foods that were delightful, the kind fit for a king.
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