Jacob Blesses His Sons
Genesis 49:14
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the sheepfolds.Or saddlebags or hearths
- KJV
- ¶ Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:
- WEB
- “Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the saddlebags.
- ASV
- Issachar is a strong ass, Couching down between the sheepfolds:
- LSV
- Issachar [is] a strong donkey, || Crouching between the two folds;
- YLT
- Issacher [is] a strong ass, Crouching between the two folds;
- DBY
- Issachar is a bony ass, Crouching down between two hurdles.
- DRC
- Issachar shall be a strong ass lying down between the borders.
- GNV
- Issachar shalbe a strong asse, couching downe betweene two burdens:
- JPS
- Issachar is a large-boned ass, couching down between the sheep-folds.
- LXXE
- Issachar has desired that which is good; resting between the inheritances.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- יִשָּׂשכָ֖ר חֲמֹ֣ר גָּ֑רֶם רֹבֵ֖ץ בֵּ֥ין הַֽמִּשְׁפְּתָֽיִם׃
- LXX-Br
- Ἰσσάχαρ τὸ καλὸν ἐπεθύμησεν, ἀναπαυόμενος ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν κλήρων.
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Cross-references most cited first
- Genesis 30:18Then Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my maidservant to my husband.” So she named him Issachar.
- 1 Chronicles 12:32From Issachar, men who understood the times and knew what Israel should do: 200 chiefs with all their kinsmen at their command.
- Deuteronomy 33:18Concerning Zebulun he said: “Rejoice, Zebulun, in your journeys, and Issachar, in your tents.
- Joshua 19:17–23The fourth lot came out for the clans of the tribe of Issachar: Their territory included Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem, Hapharaim, Shion, Anaharath, Rabbith, Kishion, Ebez,
- Judges 5:15–16The princes of Issachar were with Deborah, and Issachar was with Barak, rushing into the valley at his heels. In the clans of Reuben there was great indecision. Why did you sit among the sheepfolds to hear the…
- Judges 10:1After the time of Abimelech, a man of Issachar, Tola son of Puah, the son of Dodo, rose up to save Israel. He lived in Shamir, in the hill country of Ephraim.
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