Genesis 49:16 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 49:16

Dan shall provide justice for his people as one of the tribes of Israel.

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Dan shall judge - Dan, whose name signifies judgment, was the eldest of Jacob’s sons by Bilhah, Rachel’s maid, and he is here promised an equal rule with those tribes that sprang from either Leah or Rachel, the legal wives of Jacob. Some Jewish and some Christian writers understand this prophecy of Samson, who sprang from this tribe, and judged, or as the word might be translated avenged, the people of Israel twenty years. See Jdg 13:2; Jdg 15:20.

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Original language & word study

6 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
דָּ֖ן	dan	Dan	H1835 →
יָדִ֣ין	ya.Din	he will judge	H1777 →
עַמּ֑וֹ	a.Mo	people his	H5971 →
כְּאַחַ֖ד	ke.'a.Chad	like one of	H259 →
שִׁבְטֵ֥י	shiv.Tei	[the] tribes of	H7626 →
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 30:6
Then Rachel said, “God has vindicated me; He has heard my plea and given me a son.” So she named him Dan.
leads to
- Lamentations 3:59
  You have seen, O LORD, the wrong done to me; vindicate my cause!
- Psalms 43:1
  Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation; deliver me from deceitful and unjust men.
- Psalms 35:24
  Vindicate me by Your righteousness, O LORD my God, and do not let them gloat over me.
- Genesis 49:16–17
  Dan shall provide justice for his people as one of the tribes of Israel.
Through
Numbers 10:25
Finally, the divisions of the camp of Dan set out under their standard, serving as the rear guard for all units, with Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai in command.
leads to
- Joshua 6:9
  While the horns continued to sound, the armed troops marched ahead of the priests who blew the horns, and the rear guard followed the ark.
Through
Judges 15:20
And Samson judged Israel for twenty years in the days of the Philistines.
leads to
- Judges 13:1
  Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD, so He delivered them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years.
- Judges 16:31
  Then Samson’s brothers and his father’s family came down, carried him back, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of his father Manoah. And he had judged Israel twenty years.
Through
Deuteronomy 33:22
Concerning Dan he said: “Dan is a lion’s cub, leaping out of Bashan.”
leads to
- Judges 18:27
  After they had taken Micah’s idols and his priest, they went to Laish, to a tranquil and unsuspecting people, and they struck them with their swords and burned down the city.

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