Genesis 49:21

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Naphtali is a roe let loose, giving fair young ones.

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  • Deut 33:23 : 23 And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, made glad with grace and full of the blessing of the Lord: the sea and its fishes will be his.
  • Gen 30:8 : 8 And Rachel said, I have had a great fight with my sister, and I have overcome her: and she gave the child the name Naphtali.
  • Gen 46:24 : 24 And the sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel and Guni and Jezer and Shillem.
  • Josh 19:32-39 : 32 For the children of Naphtali the sixth heritage came out, for the children of Naphtali by their families; 33 And their limit was from Heleph, from the oak-tree in Zaanannim, and Adami-hannekeb and Jabneel, as far as Lakkum, ending at Jordan; 34 And turning west to Aznoth-tabor, the limit goes out from there to Hukkok, stretching to Zebulun on the south, and Asher on the west, and Judah at Jordan on the east. 35 And the walled towns are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth 36 And Adamah and Ramah and Hazor 37 And Kedesh and Edrei and En-Hazor 38 And Iron and Migdal-el, Horem and Beth-anath and Beth-shemesh; nineteen towns with their unwalled places. 39 This is the heritage of the tribe of the children of Naphtali by their families, these towns with their unwalled places.
  • Judg 4:6 : 6 And she sent for Barak, the son of Abinoam, from Kedesh-naphtali, and said to him, Has not the Lord, the God of Israel, given orders saying, Go and get your force into line in Mount Tabor, and take with you ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?
  • Judg 4:10 : 10 Then Barak sent for Zebulun and Naphtali to come to Kedesh; and ten thousand men went up after him, and Deborah went up with him.
  • Judg 5:18 : 18 It was the people of Zebulun who put their lives in danger, even to death, with Naphtali on the high places of the field.
  • Ps 18:33-34 : 33 He makes my feet like roes' feet, and puts me on high places. 34 He makes my hands expert in war, so that a bow of brass is bent by my arms.
  • Matt 4:15-16 : 15 The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, by the way of the sea, the other side of Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles, 16 The people who were in the dark saw a great light, and to those in the land of the shade of death did the dawn come up.

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

    23And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, made glad with grace and full of the blessing of the Lord: the sea and its fishes will be his.

    24And of Asher he said, Let Asher have the blessing of children; may he be pleasing to his brothers, and let his foot be wet with oil.

  • Gen 49:22-23
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    71%

    22Joseph is a young ox, whose steps are turned to the fountain;

    23He was troubled by the archers; they sent out their arrows against him, cruelly wounding him:

  • Gen 49:17-20
    4 verses
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    17May 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.

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

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

    20Asher's bread is fat; he gives delicate food for kings.

  • 8And Rachel said, I have had a great fight with my sister, and I have overcome her: and she gave the child the name Naphtali.

  • 32For the children of Naphtali the sixth heritage came out, for the children of Naphtali by their families;

  • 39This is the heritage of the tribe of the children of Naphtali by their families, these towns with their unwalled places.

  • 3And on the limit of Asher, from the east side to the west side: Naphtali, one part.

  • 27Benjamin 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.

  • 24And the sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel and Guni and Jezer and Shillem.

  • 21When she is shaking her wings on high, she makes sport of the horse and of him who is seated on him.

  • Gen 49:8-9
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    8To 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.

    9Judah 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?

  • 18It was the people of Zebulun who put their lives in danger, even to death, with Naphtali on the high places of the field.

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

  • Num 1:42-43
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    62%

    42The generations of the sons of Naphtali were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;

    43Fifty-three thousand, four hundred of the tribe of Naphtali were numbered.

  • 14Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi, the son of Vophsi.

  • 4Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.

  • 50These are the families of Naphtali by their families: and those who were numbered of them were forty-five thousand, four hundred.

  • Gen 49:11-12
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    11Knotting his ass's cord to the vine, and his young ass to the best vine; washing his robe in wine, and his clothing in the blood of grapes:

    12His eyes will be dark with wine, and his teeth white with milk.

  • 5And the roe, giving birth in the field, lets her young one be uncared for, because there is no grass.

  • 20Happy are you who are planting seed by all the waters, and sending out the ox and the ass.

  • 27There is little Benjamin ruling them, the chiefs of Judah and their army, the rulers of Zebulun and the rulers of Naphtali.

  • 14Issachar is a strong ass stretched out among the flocks:

  • 9Saying to those who are in chains, Go free; to those who are in the dark, Come out into the light. They will get food by the way wherever they go, and have grass-lands on all the dry mountain-tops.

  • 19As a loving hind and a gentle doe, let her breasts ever give you rapture; let your passion at all times be moved by her love.

  • 34He makes my feet like roes' feet, and puts me on high places.

  • 9He took his sleep stretched out like a lion, and like a she-lion: by whom will his rest be broken? May a blessing be on everyone who gives you blessing, and a curse on everyone by whom you are cursed.

  • 5Is the number of their months fixed by you? or is the time when they give birth ordered by you?

  • 33Naphtali did not take the land of the people of Beth-shemesh or of Beth-anath, driving them out; but he was living among the Canaanites in the land; however, the people of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath were put to forced work.

  • 25The sons of Bilhah, Rachel's servant: Dan and Naphtali;

  • 21Will you put a cord into his nose, or take him away with a cord round his tongue?

  • 5The hart, the gazelle, and the roe, the mountain goat and the pygarg and the antelope and the mountain sheep.

  • 5Make yourself free, like the roe from the hand of the archer, and the bird from him who puts a net for her.

  • 33He makes my feet like roes' feet, and puts me on high places.

  • 28And of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, a chief, Pedahel, the son of Ammihud.

  • 13The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel and Guni and Jezer and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.

  • 34And of Naphtali, a thousand captains with thirty-seven thousand spearmen.