◄ Genesis 49:14 ►
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Good News Translation
"Issachar is no better than a donkey That lies stretched out between its saddlebags.

New Revised Standard Version
Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the sheepfolds;

Contemporary English Version
Issachar, you are a strong donkey resting in the meadows.

New American Bible
“Issachar is a rawboned donkey, crouching between the saddlebags.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Issachar shall be a strong ass, lying down between the borders.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Issachar shall be a strong ass, lying down between the borders.

Genesis 30:18 And said: God hath given me a reward, because I gave my handmaid to my husband. And she called his name Issachar.

Deuteronomy 33:18 And to Zabulon he said: Rejoice, O Zabulon, in thy going out; and Issachar in thy tabernacles.

Joshua 19:17-23 The fourth lot came out to Issachar by their kindreds. . . .

Judges 5:15 The captains of Issachar were with Debbora, and followed the steps of Barac, who exposed himself to danger, as one going headlong, and into a pit. Ruben being divided against himself, there was found a strife of courageous men.

Judges 10:1 After Abimelech, there arose a ruler in Israel, Thola, son of Phua, the uncle of Abimelech, a man of Issachar, who dwelt in Samir of mount Ephraim:

1 Chronicles 12:32 Also of the sons of Issachar men of understanding, that knew all times to order what Israel should do, two hundred principal men: and all the rest of the tribe followed their counsel.

Context
Jacob Blesses His Sons
…13Zabulon shall dwell on the seashore, and in the road of ships, reaching as far as Sidon. 14Issachar shall be a strong ass, lying down between the borders.15He saw rest that it was good: and the land that it was excellent: and he bowed his shoulder to carry, and became a servant under tribute.…
Cross References
Genesis 49:15
He saw rest that it was good: and the land that it was excellent: and he bowed his shoulder to carry, and became a servant under tribute.

Numbers 32:16
But they coming near, said: We will make sheepfolds, and stalls for our cattle, and strong cities for our children:

Judges 5:16
Why dwellest thou between two borders, that thou mayst hear the bleatings of the flocks? Ruben being divided against himself, there was found a strife of courageous men.

Psalm 68:13
If you sleep among the midst of lots, you shall be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and the hinder parts of her back with the paleness of gold.

Psalm 78:70
And he chose his servant David, and took him from the flocks of sheep: he brought him from following the ewes great with young,

Genesis 49:13
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