Genesis 49:17 · KJV
“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 49:17
Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.
Genesis 49 — Context
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.
16Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
17Dan 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}
18I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.
19Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 12:35
And of the Danites expert in war twenty and eight thousand and six hundred.
Judges 18:22-31
{And} when they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men that {were} in the houses near to Micah's house were gathered together, and overtook the children of Dan.
Judges 14:1-15
And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines.
Judges 16:22-30
Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven. {after...: or, as when he was shaven}