Genesis 49:16-23 Modern English Version (MEV)

16. Dan shall judge his peopleas one of the tribes of Israel.

17. Dan shall be a serpent by the road,a viper on the path,that bites the horse’s heelsso that its rider will fall backward.

18. I wait for Your salvation, O Lord!

19. Gad shall be attacked by raiding bands,but he shall raid at their heels.

20. Asher’s food shall be rich,and he shall yield royal delicacies.

21. Naphtali is a doe set loose;he gives beautiful words.

22. Joseph is a fruitful bough,a fruitful bough by a spring,whose branches run over the wall.

23. The archers bitterly attacked him,they shot at him and hated him.

Genesis 49