Genesis 49:19
17 Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
18 I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.
Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.
20 Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.
21 Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.
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
And the children of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of Bashan unto Salchah:
Read in contextDeuteronomy 33:20–21
And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head.
Read in contextGenesis 30:11
And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.
Read in context1 Chronicles 3:18–22
Malchiram also, and Pedaiah, and Shenazar, Jecamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah.
Read in context1 Chronicles 5:26
And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day.
Read in contextJoshua 13:8
With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant of the LORD gave them;
Read in contextNumbers 32:1–42
Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;
Read in contextJudges 10:1–11
And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim.
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