Jacob Blesses His Sons
Genesis 49:21
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Naphtali is a doe set free that bears beautiful fawns.Or gives beautiful words or bears fawns of the fold
- 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.
- LSV
- Naphtali [is] a doe sent away, || Who is giving beautiful young ones.
- YLT
- Naphtali [is] a hind sent away, Who is giving beauteous young ones.
- DBY
- Naphtali is a hind let loose; He giveth goodly words.
- DRC
- Nephtali, a hart let loose, and giving words of beauty.
- GNV
- Naphtali shalbe a hinde let goe, giuing goodly wordes.
- JPS
- Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.
- LXXE
- Nephthalim is a spreading stem, bestowing beauty on its fruit.
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- נַפְתָּלִ֖י אַיָּלָ֣ה שְׁלֻחָ֑ה הַנֹּתֵ֖ן אִמְרֵי־שָֽׁפֶר׃
- LXX-Br
- Νεφθαλὶ στέλεχος ἀνειμένον, ἐπιδιδοὺς ἐν τῷ γεννήματι κάλλος.
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
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Cross-references most cited first
- Deuteronomy 33:23Concerning Naphtali he said: “Naphtali is abounding with favor, full of the blessing of the LORD; he shall take possession of the sea and the south.”
- Genesis 30:8Then Rachel said, “In my great struggles, I have wrestled with my sister and won.” So she named him Naphtali.
- Matthew 4:15–16“Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles— the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light…
- Joshua 19:32–39The sixth lot came out for the clans of the tribe of Naphtali: Their border started at Heleph and the great tree of Zaanannim, passing Adami-nekeb and Jabneel as far as Lakkum and ending at the Jordan. Then the border…
- Judges 4:10where he summoned Zebulun and Naphtali. Ten thousand men followed him, and Deborah also went with him.
- Judges 4:6She summoned Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, “Surely the LORD, the God of Israel, is commanding you: ‘Go and march to Mount Tabor, taking with you ten thousand men of Naphtali and Zebulun.
- Psalms 18:33–34He makes my feet like those of a deer and stations me upon the heights. He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
- Genesis 46:24The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.
- Judges 5:18Zebulun was a people who risked their lives; Naphtali, too, on the heights of the battlefield.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).