Genesis 49:15

World English Bible (2000)

He saw a resting place, that it was good, the land, that it was pleasant. He bows his shoulder to the burden, and becomes a servant doing forced labor.

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  • Josh 14:15 : 15 Now the name of Hebron before was Kiriath Arba, after the greatest man among the Anakim. The land had rest from war.
  • Judg 3:11 : 11 The land had rest forty years. Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
  • 2 Sam 7:1 : 1 It happened, when the king lived in his house, and Yahweh had given him rest from all his enemies all around,
  • Ps 81:6 : 6 "I removed his shoulder from the burden. His hands were freed from the basket.
  • Ezek 29:18 : 18 Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyre: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was worn; yet had he no wages, nor his army, from Tyre, for the service that he had served against it.
  • Matt 23:4 : 4 For they bind heavy burdens that are grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not lift a finger to help them.

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