Genesis 49:17
Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
Context
This verse from Genesis Chapter 49 connects to 7 cross-references. Jacob gathers his twelve sons and pronounces oracular blessings and curses over each, predicting their tribal destinies: Judah receives the promise of kingship and the scepter until Shiloh comes, while Reuben, Simeon, and Levi receive rebukes. Jacob dies after requesting …
Other Translations
Dan shall be a serpent in the way, An adder in the path, That biteth the horse’s heels, So that his rider falleth backward.
Dan is a serpent by the way, An adder by the path, Which is biting the horse's heels, And its rider falleth backward.
May Dan be a snake in the way, a horned snake by the road, biting the horse's foot so that the horseman has a fall.
Cross References
And they set them up Micah’s graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was …
And when they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men that were in the houses near …
And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house …
Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven.
And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson’s wife, Entice thy husband, that he …
And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines.
And of the Danites expert in war twenty and eight thousand and six hundred.