Genesis 49:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Deut 33:22 : 22 And of Dan he said, Dan is a young lion, springing out from Bashan.
  • Gen 30:6 : 6 Then Rachel said, God has been my judge, and has given ear to my voice, and has given me a son; so he was named Dan.
  • Num 10:25 : 25 And the flag of the children of Dan, whose tents were moved last of all, went forward with their armies: and at the head of his army was Ahiezer, the son of Ammishaddai.
  • Judg 13:2 : 2 Now there was a certain man of Zorah of the family of the Danites, and his name was Manoah; and his wife had never given birth to a child.
  • Judg 13:24-25 : 24 So the woman gave birth to a son, and gave him the name Samson; and he became a man and the blessing of the Lord was on him. 25 And the spirit of the Lord first came on him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
  • Judg 15:20 : 20 And he was judge of Israel in the days of the Philistines for twenty years.
  • Judg 18:1-2 : 1 In those days there was no king in Israel, and in those days the Danites were looking for a heritage for themselves, to be their living-place; for up to that time no distribution of land had been made to them among the tribes of Israel. 2 So the children of Dan sent five men from among their number, strong men, from Zorah and from Eshtaol, to take a look at the land and make a search through it; and they said to them, Go and make a search through the land; and they came to the hill-country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, where they made a stop for the night.
  • Judg 18:26-27 : 26 Then the children of Dan went on their way; and when Micah saw that they were stronger than he, he went back to his house. 27 And they took that which Micah had made, and his priest, and came to Laish, to a people living quietly and without thought of danger, and they put them to the sword without mercy, burning down their town.

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  • Gen 49:17-19
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    17 May Dan be a snake in the way, a horned snake by the road, biting the horse's foot so that the horseman has a fall.

    18 I have been waiting for your salvation, O Lord.

    19 Gad, an army will come against him, but he will come down on them in their flight.

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    21 He kept for himself the first part, for his was the ruler's right: he put in force the righteousness of the Lord, and his decisions for Israel.

    22 And of Dan he said, Dan is a young lion, springing out from Bashan.

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    47 (But the limit of the children of Dan was not wide enough for them; so the children of Dan went up and made war on Leshem and took it, putting it to the sword without mercy, and they took it for their heritage and made a place for themselves there, giving it the name of Leshem-dan, after the name of their father, Dan.)

    48 This is the heritage of the tribe of the children of Dan by their families, these towns with their unwalled places.

  • 15 And he saw that rest was good and the land was pleasing; so he let them put weights on his back and became a servant.

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    40 For the tribe of Dan by their families the seventh heritage came out;

    41 And the limit of their heritage was Zorah and Eshtaol and Ir-shemesh

  • 1 Now these are the names of the tribes: from the north end, from the west on the way of Hethlon to the way into Hamath, in the direction of Hazar-enon, with the limit of Damascus to the north, by Hamath; and on the limit from the east side to the west side: Dan, one part.

  • 6 Then Rachel said, God has been my judge, and has given ear to my voice, and has given me a son; so he was named Dan.

  • Num 1:38-39
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    38 The generations of the sons of Dan were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years and over who was able to go to war;

    39 Sixty-two thousand, seven hundred of the tribe of Dan were numbered.

  • Judg 18:1-2
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    1 In those days there was no king in Israel, and in those days the Danites were looking for a heritage for themselves, to be their living-place; for up to that time no distribution of land had been made to them among the tribes of Israel.

    2 So the children of Dan sent five men from among their number, strong men, from Zorah and from Eshtaol, to take a look at the land and make a search through it; and they said to them, Go and make a search through the land; and they came to the hill-country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, where they made a stop for the night.

  • 29 And they gave the town the name of Dan, after Dan their father, who was the son of Israel: though the town had been named Laish at first.

  • 16 The loud breathing of the horses comes to our ears from Dan: at the sound of the outcry of his war-horses, all the land is shaking with fear; for they have come, and have made a meal of the land and everything in it; the town and the people living in it.

  • Gen 49:8-10
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    8 To you, Judah, will your brothers give praise: your hand will be on the neck of your haters; your father's sons will go down to the earth before you.

    9 Judah is a young lion; like a lion full of meat you have become great, my son; now he takes his rest like a lion stretched out and like an old lion; by whom will his sleep be broken?

    10 The rod of authority will not be taken from Judah, and he will not be without a law-giver, till he comes who has the right to it, and the peoples will put themselves under his rule.

  • 14 Those who make their oaths by the sin of Samaria and say, By the life of your God, O Dan; and, By the living way of Beer-sheba; even they will go down, never again to be lifted up.

  • 31 The number of all the armies in the tents of Dan was a hundred and fifty-seven thousand, six hundred. They will go forward last, by their flags.

  • 42 These are the sons of Dan by their families: of Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan by their families.

  • 18 Edom will be his heritage, and he will put an end to the last of the people of Seir.

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    25 And the children of Dan said to him, Say no more, or men of bitter spirit may make an attack on you, causing loss of your life and the lives of your people.

    26 Then the children of Dan went on their way; and when Micah saw that they were stronger than he, he went back to his house.

  • 22 When they had gone some way from the house of Micah, the men from the houses near Micah's house came together and overtook the children of Dan,

  • 2 May he be a judge of your people in righteousness, and make true decisions for the poor.

  • 21 You will make a division of the land among you, tribe by tribe.

  • 25 On the north side will be the flag of the children of Dan, with Ahiezer, the son of Ammishaddai, as their chief.

  • Gen 49:27-28
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    66%

    27 Benjamin is a wolf, searching for meat: in the morning he takes his food, and in the evening he makes division of what he has taken.

    28 These are the twelve tribes of Israel: and these are the words their father said to them, blessing them; to every one he gave his blessing.

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    10 When you come there you will come to a people living without thought of danger; and the land is wide, and God has given it into your hands: a place where there is everything on earth for man's needs.

    11 So six hundred men of the Danites from Zorah and Eshtaol went out armed with instruments of war.

  • 34 And the children of Dan were forced into the hill-country by the Amorites, who would not let them come down into the valley;

  • 12 From Dan, Ahiezer, the son of Ammi-shaddai;

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    18 And of Zebulun he said, Be glad, Zebulun, in your going out; and, Issachar, in your tents.

    19 They will send out the word for the people to come to the mountain, taking there the offerings of righteousness: for the store of the seas will be theirs, and the secret wealth of the sand.

  • 18 You are to make judges and overseers in all your towns which the Lord your God gives you, for every tribe: and they are to be upright men, judging the people in righteousness.

  • Exod 1:3-4
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    3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;

    4 Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.

  • 7 And this is the blessing of Judah: he said, Give ear, O Lord, to the voice of Judah and make him one with his people: let your hands take up his cause, and be his help against his attackers.

  • 24 See, Israel comes up like a she-lion, lifting himself up like a lion: he will take no rest till he has made a meal of those he has overcome, drinking the blood of those he has put to death.

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    8 And he will be the judge of the world in righteousness, giving true decisions for the peoples.

  • 22 Of Dan, Azarel, the son of Jeroham. These were the captains of the tribes of Israel.