Genesis 49:21
19 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.
Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.
22 Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:
23 The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:
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
- Naphtali is a doe set free that bears beautiful fawns.
- KJV
- Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.
- WEB
- “Naphtali is a doe set free, who bears beautiful fawns.
- ASV
- Naphtali is a hind let loose: He giveth goodly words.
- DARBY
- Naphtali is a hind let loose; He giveth goodly words.
- BLB
- Naphtali [is] a doe set free, the one giving sayings of beauty.
- ÅB
- Naftali er en lekende hind; liflig er ordet han taler.
- OTB
- «Naftali er en fri hind; han taler med nåde.
- B1930
- Naftali er en lekende hind; liflig er ordet han taler.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 33:23
And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of the LORD: possess thou the west and the south.
Read in contextGenesis 30:8
And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
Read in contextJoshua 19:32–39
The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, even for the children of Naphtali according to their families.
Read in contextJudges 4:10
And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.
Read in contextJudges 5:18
Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field.
Read in contextGenesis 46:24
And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.
Read in contextJudges 4:6
And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh-naphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?
Read in contextMatthew 4:15–16
The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;
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