Genesis 49:15

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And sawe that rest was good, and the lande that it was pleasaunt: and bowed his shoulder to beare, and became a seruaunt vnto tribute.

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  • Josh 14:15 : 15 And the name of Hebron was called in old time, Kiriath Arba, which Irba was a great man among the Enekims: And the lande ceassed from warre.
  • Judg 3:11 : 11 And the land had rest fourtie yeres: and Othoniel the sonne of Kenes died.
  • 2 Sam 7:1 : 1 Afterward when the king sate in his house, & the Lord had geuen him rest round about from all his enemies,
  • Ps 81:6 : 6 I eased his shoulder from the burthen: and his handes ceassed from making pottes.
  • Ezek 29:18 : 18 Thou sonne of man, Nabuchodonozor the king of Babylon caused his armie to serue a great seruice against Tyrus: euery head was made balde, & euery shoulder bare, yet had neither he nor his armie any wages for Tyrus for the seruice which he serued against it.
  • Matt 23:4 : 4 Yea, they bynde together heauy burthens, and greeuous to be borne, and lay them on mens shoulders: but they them selues wyll not moue them with one of their fingers.

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  • Gen 49:11-14
    4 verses
    82%

    11 He shall bynde his foale vnto ye vine, and his asses colt vnto the braunche: He wasshed his garment in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes.

    12 His eyes shalbe redde with wine, and his teeth whyte with mylke.

    13 Zabulon shall dwell besyde the hauen of the sea, & nye the haue of shippes, his border shalbe vnto Sidon.

    14 Isachar is a strong asse, couchyng hym downe betweene two burthens.

  • 16 Dan shall iudge his people, and one of the tribes of Israel.

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    18 And vnto Zabulon he sayde: Reioyce Zabulon in thy goyng out, and thou Isachar in thy tentes.

    19 They shall call the people vnto the hyll, & there they shall offer offeringes of righteousnesse: For they shall sucke of the aboundaunce of the sea, and of treasure hyd in the sande.

  • 3 Isachar, Zabulon, and Beniamin,

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    15 And he shall take the tenth of your seede, and of your vineyardes, and geue it to his eunuches, & to his seruauntes.

    16 And he shal take your men seruauntes, and maide seruauntes, young men, and the chiefe of your asses, and put them to his worke.

    17 And he shall take the tenth of your sheepe, and ye shall be his seruauntes.

  • 3 When the Lorde nowe shall bryng thee to rest from thy trauayle, feare, and harde bondage that thou wast laden withall:

  • 24 But his bowe abode fast, and the armes of his handes were made strong by the handes of the myghtie God of Iacob: Out of him shal come an heardman, a stone in Israel.

  • 31 And he sayde: Sweare vnto me. And he sware vnto him. And Israel worshipped towarde the beddes head.

  • 29 But he saide vnto him: Thou knowest what seruice I haue done thee, and in what takyng thy cattell haue ben vnder me:

  • Lam 3:27-28
    2 verses
    67%

    27 O howe good is it for a man to take the yoke vpon him from his youth vp?

    28 He sitteth alone, he holdeth hym styll, because he hath taken the Lordes yoke vpon hym.

  • 12 And Ioseph toke them away fro his lappe, and he bowed hym selfe with his face towarde the earth.

  • 71 As he was folowing the ewes great with young he toke hym: that he might feede Iacob his people, and Israel his inheritaunce.

  • 52 And when Abrahams seruaunt heard theyr wordes, he worshipped the Lord, bowyng hym selfe towarde the earth.

  • 2 They are sunke downe and fallen together, for they may not ease them of their burthen, therfore must they go into captiuitie.

  • 28 All these are the twelue tribes of Israel: and this their father spake vnto them, and blessed them, euery one of them blessed he with a seueral blessing.

  • Gen 27:39-40
    2 verses
    66%

    39 Then Isahac his father aunswered, and sayde vnto hym: beholde, thy dwellyng place shalbe the fatnesse of the earth, and of the deawe of heauen from aboue.

    40 And through thy sworde shalt thou liue, and shalt be thy brothers seruaunt: and it shal come to passe, that thou shalt get the maisterie, & thou shalt loose his yoke from of thy necke.

  • 29 People be thy seruauntes, and nations bowe to thee: be lorde ouer thy brethren, and thy mothers children stowpe with reuerence vnto thee: cursed be he that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.

  • 12 And of Beniamin he sayde: The beloued of the Lorde shall dwell in safetie vpon hym, and the Lorde shall couer hym all the day long, and he shall dwell betweene his shoulders.

  • 6 I eased his shoulder from the burthen: and his handes ceassed from making pottes.

  • 3 Therefore wyll he geue them vp for a season, vntill the time that she which shall beare haue borne: then shall the remnaunt of his brethren be conuerted vnto the children of Israel.

  • 12 Howe can I my selfe alone, beare your cumbraunce, your charge, & your stryfe that is among you?

  • 3 And sayde vnto me: Thou art my seruaunt Israel, I wyll be honoured in thee.

  • 7 Beholde, we were byndyng sheaues in the fielde: and lo, my sheafe arose and stoode vpright, & beholde, your sheaues stoode rounde about, and made obeysaunce to my sheafe.

  • 26 Upon the borders of Isachar, from the east side vnto the west, shall Zabulon haue his portion.

  • 44 And he gaue them the landes of the Heathen, and they toke to inheritaunce the labours of the people.

  • 37 Isahac aunswered, and sayde vnto Esau: Beholde, I haue made hym thy Lorde, & all his brethren haue I made his seruauntes: Moreouer, with corne and wine haue I stablished him, what shall I do vnto thee nowe my sonne?

  • 15 Untill the Lorde haue geuen your brethren rest as he hath you, and vntill they also haue obtained the lande whiche the Lorde your God geueth them: And then shal ye returne vnto the lande of your possession, and enioye it: which lande Moyses the Lordes seruaut gaue you on this side Iordane towarde the sunne rysyng.

  • 8 Iuda, thou art he whom thy brethren shall prayse: Thy hande shalbe in the necke of thine enemies, thy fathers children shall stowpe before thee.

  • 4 The heathen hearde of hym, and caught hym in their snare, and brought hym in hookes vnto the lande of Egypt.

  • 5 And he lyft vp his eyes, and sawe the women & the children, and said: whence hast thou these? And he aunswered: they are the children which god hath geuen thy seruaunt.

  • 16 And deliuered them into the handes of his seruauntes, euery droue by them selues, and sayde vnto his seruauntes: go foorth before me, and put a space betwixt droue and droue.