Genesis 49:16

Jacob Blesses His Twelve Sons

¹⁵ Then beholdeth he rest, that it is good, And the ground that it is pleasant, - So he bendeth his shoulder to bear, And becometh a tributary servant. ¹⁶ Dan, shall vindicate his people, - as one of the tribes of Israel; ¹⁷ It cometh to pass that, Dan, is a serpent upon the way, A horned viper, upon the path, - That biteth the heels of the horse, And his rider falleth backwards: -

Tribes of Israel

Dan

Israel

Genesis 30:6

and Rachel said God hath vindicated me. Moreover also he hath hearkened unto my voice, and hath given me a son. For this cause, called she his name Dan.

Deuteronomy 33:22

And, of Dan, he said, Dan, is a lion's whelp, - He leapeth out of Bashan.

Numbers 10:25

Then set forward the standard of the camp of the sons of Dan, bringing up the rear of all the camps, by their hosts, - and over his own host, Ahiezur, son of Ammishaddai;

Judges 13:2

And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, and, his name, was Manoah; and, his wife, was barren, and had borne no child.

Judges 13:24-25

So the woman hare a son, and called his name Samson, - and the boy grew, and Yahweh blessed him.

Judges 15:20

And he judged Israel, in the days of the Philistines, twenty years.

Judges 18:1-2

In those days, there was no king in Israel, - and, in those days, the tribe of the Danites was seeking for itself an inheritance to dwell in for there had not fallen to them, unto that day, in the midst of the tribes of Israel, enough for an inheritance.

Judges 18:26-27

And the sons of Dan went on their journey, - and, when Micah saw that they were, too strong, for him, he turned and went back unto his house.