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Genesis 49:17
“Dan will be a serpent in the way, an adder in the path, That bites the horse's heels, so that his rider falls backward.”
Verse in context — Genesis 49
15
He saw a resting place, that it was good, the land, that it was pleasant. He bows his shoulder to the burden, and becomes a servant doing forced labor.
16
Dan will judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
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Dan will be a serpent in the way, an adder in the path, That bites the horse's heels, so that his rider falls backward.
18
I have waited for your salvation, Yahweh.
19
A troop will press on Gad, but he will press on their heel.
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