Genesis 49:17 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁷Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.

Genesis 49:17 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 12:35
And of the Danites expert in war twenty and eight thousand and six hundred.
Judges 18:22-31
And when they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men that were in the houses near to Micah's house were gathered together, and overtook the children of Dan. …
Judges 14:1-15
And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines. …
Judges 16:22-30
Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven. …

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 13-21)

Here we have Jacob’s prophecy concerning six of his sons. I. Concerning Zebulun (Gen. 49:13), that his posterity should have their lot upon the seacoast, and should be merchants, and mariners, and traders at sea. This was fulfilled when, two or three hundred years after, the land of Canaan was divided by lot, and the border of Zebulun went up towards the sea, Josh. 19:11. Had they chosen their lot…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 17)

17. Dan--“a judge.” a serpent ... an adder--A serpent, an adder, implies subtlety and stratagem; such was pre-eminently the character of Samson, the most illustrious of its judges.