"Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel." — Genesis 49:16

Genesis 49:16 · KJV

“Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.”

— Genesis 49:16

And he saw that rest {was} good, and the land that {it was} pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.

Verse 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. {an adder: Heb. an arrow-snake}

Genesis 49 — Context

Issachar {is} a strong ass couching down between two burdens:

And he saw that rest {was} good, and the land that {it was} pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.

Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.

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. {an adder: Heb. an arrow-snake}

I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 33:22

And of Dan he said, Dan {is} a lion's whelp: he shall leap from Bashan.

Genesis 30:6

And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan. {Dan: that is, Judging}

Judges 13:24-25

And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the LORD blessed him.

Judges 18:1-2

In those days {there was} no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day {all their} inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel.

Judges 18:26-27

And the children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that they {were} too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his house.

Judges 15:20

And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.

Judges 13:2

And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name {was} Manoah; and his wife {was} barren, and bare not.

Numbers 10:25

And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward, {which was} the rereward of all the camps throughout their hosts: and over his host {was} Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.