24And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil.
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Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.
For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men.
When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;
Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: …
Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children, and peace upon Israel.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 22-25)Here is, I. The blessing of Dan, Deut. 33:22. Jacob in his blessing had compared him to a serpent for subtlety; Moses compares him to a lion for courage and resolution: and what could stand before those that had the head of a serpent and the heart of a lion? He is compared to the lions that leaped from Bashan, a mountain noted for fierce lions, whence they came down to leap upon their prey in the…
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