Genesis 49:17-24 The Scriptures 1998 (ISR98)

17. “Dan is a serpent by the way, an adder by the path, that bites the horse’s heels so that its rider falls backward.

18. “I have waited for your deliverance, O יהוה!

19. “Gaḏ, a raiding band raids him, but he raids its heel.

20. “Bread from Ashĕr is rich, and he gives delicacies of a sovereign.

21. “Naphtali is a deer let loose, he gives words of elegance.

22. “Yosĕph is an offshoot of a fruit-bearing tree, an offshoot of a fruit-bearing tree by a fountain, his branches run over a wall.

23. “And the archers have bitterly grieved him, shot at him and hated him.

24. “But his bow remained in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the Mighty One of Ya‛aqoḇ – from there is the Shepherd, the Stone of Yisra’ĕl –

Genesis 49