24And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.
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The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.
And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of the LORD: possess thou the west and the south.
And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand.
Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.
Of the sons of Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites: of Guni, the family of the Gunites: …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 5-27)Old Jacob is here flitting. Little did he think of ever leaving Canaan; he expected, no doubt, to die in his nest , and to leave his seed in actual possession of the promised land: but Providence orders it otherwise. Note, Those that think themselves well settled may yet be unsettled in a little time. Even old people, who think of no other removal than that to the grave (which Jacob had much upon…
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