Verse 14

Genesis 49:14

Geneva Bible

14 Issachar shalbe a strong asse, couching downe betweene two burdens:
Original Language Text
hebrew
יִשָּׂשכָ֖ר חֲמֹ֣ר גָּ֑רֶם רֹבֵ֖ץ בֵּ֥ין הַֽ/מִּשְׁפְּתָֽיִם
English Translation
Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the sheepfolds.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 49 Context
1 Then Iaakob called his sonnes, and sayde, Gather your selues together, that I may tell you what shal... Focus ↗
2 Gather your selues together, and heare, ye sonnes of Iaakob, and hearken vnto Israel your father. Focus ↗
3 Reuben mine eldest sonne, thou art my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellencie of di... Focus ↗
4 Thou wast light as water: thou shalt not be excellent, because thou wentest vp to thy fathers bed: t... Focus ↗
5 Simeon and Leui, brethren in euill, the instruments of crueltie are in their habitations. Focus ↗
6 Into their secret let not my soule come: my glory, be not thou ioyned with their assembly: for in th... Focus ↗
7 Cursed be their wrath, for it was fierce, and their rage, for it was cruell: I will deuide them in I... Focus ↗
8 Thou Iudah, thy brethre shall praise thee: thine hande shalbe in the necke of thine enemies: thy fat... Focus ↗
9 Iudah, as a Lions whelpe shalt thou come vp from the spoyle, my sonne. He shall lye downe and couche... Focus ↗
10 The scepter shall not depart from Iudah, nor a Lawegiuer from betweene his feete, vntill Shiloh come... Focus ↗
11 He shall binde his Asse foale vnto ye vine, and his Asses colte vnto the best vine. hee shall wash h... Focus ↗
12 His eyes shalbe red with wine, and his teeth white with milke. Focus ↗
13 Zebulun shall dwell by the sea side, and he shalbe an hauen for shippes: and his border shalbe vnto... Focus ↗
14 Issachar shalbe a strong asse, couching downe betweene two burdens:
15 And he shall see that rest is good, and that the land is pleasant, and he shall bow his shoulder to... Focus ↗
16 Dan shall iudge his people as one of the tribes of Israel. Focus ↗
17 Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder by the path, byting the horse heeles, so that his rider... Focus ↗
18 O Lord, I haue waited for thy saluation. Focus ↗
19 Gad, an hoste of men shall ouercome him, but he shall ouercome at the last. Focus ↗
20 Concerning Asher, his bread shalbe fat, and he shall giue pleasures for a king. Focus ↗
21 Naphtali shalbe a hinde let goe, giuing goodly wordes. Focus ↗
22 Ioseph shalbe a fruitefull bough, euen a fruitful bough by the well side: the small boughs shall run... Focus ↗
23 And the archers grieued him, and shotte against him and hated him. Focus ↗
24 But his bowe abode strong, and the hands of his armes were strengthened, by the handes of the mighty... Focus ↗
25 Euen by the God (Elohim) of thy father, who shall helpe thee, and by the almightie, who shall blesse... Focus ↗
26 The blessings of thy father shalbe stronger then the blessings of mine elders: vnto the ende of the... Focus ↗
27 Beniamin shall rauine as a wolfe: in the morning he shall deuoure the pray, and at night he shall de... Focus ↗
28 All these are the twelue tribes of Israel, and thus their father spake vnto them, and blessed them:... Focus ↗
29 And he charged them and sayd vnto them, I am ready to be gathered vnto my people: burie mee with my... Focus ↗
30 In the caue that is in the field of Machpelah besides Mamre in the land of Canaan: which caue Abraha... Focus ↗
31 There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife: there they buryed Izhak and Rebekah his wife: and ther... Focus ↗
32 The purchase of the fielde and the caue that is therein, was bought of the children of Heth. Focus ↗
33 Thus Iaakob made an end of giuing charge to his sonnes, and plucked vp his feete into the bed and ga... Focus ↗