Genesis 49:19
17 He will be a snake by the road, a viper in the path that bites the horse’s heels so that its rider tumbles backward.
18 I await Your salvation, O LORD.
Gad will be attacked by raiders, but he will attack their heels.
20 Asher’s food will be rich; he shall provide royal delicacies.
21 Naphtali is a doe set free that bears beautiful fawns.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Gad will be attacked by raiders, but he will attack their heels.
- KJV
- Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.
- WEB
- “A troop will press on Gad, but he will press on their heel.
- ASV
- Gad, a troop shall press upon him; But he shall press upon their heel.
- DARBY
- Gad troops will rush upon him; But he will rush upon the heel.
- BLB
- Gad—a troop shall assault him, and he will attack the heel.
- ÅB
- Gad - en fiendeflokk hugger inn på ham, men han hugger dem i hælene.
- OTB
- «Gad skal bli angrepet av en bande av røvere, men han skal angripe dem ved hælene.
- B1930
- Gad - en fiendeflokk hugger inn på ham, men han hugger dem i hælene.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Chronicles 5:11–22
The descendants of Gad lived next to the Reubenites in the land of Bashan, as far as Salecah:
Read in contextDeuteronomy 33:20–21
Concerning Gad he said: “Blessed is he who enlarges the domain of Gad! He lies down like a lion and tears off an arm or a head.
Read in contextGenesis 30:11
Then Leah said, “How fortunate!” So she named him Gad.
Read in context1 Chronicles 3:18–22
Malchiram, Pedaiah, Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah.
Read in context1 Chronicles 5:26
So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria (that is, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria) to take the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh into exile. And he brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan, where they remain to this day.
Read in contextJoshua 13:8
The other half of Manasseh, along with the Reubenites and Gadites, had received the inheritance Moses had given them beyond the Jordan to the east, just as Moses the servant of the LORD had assigned to them:
Read in contextNumbers 32:1–42
Now the Reubenites and Gadites, who had very large herds and flocks, surveyed the lands of Jazer and Gilead, and they saw that the region was suitable for livestock.
Read in contextJudges 10:1–11
After the time of Abimelech, a man of Issachar, Tola son of Puah, the son of Dodo, rose up to save Israel. He lived in Shamir, in the hill country of Ephraim.
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