Genesis 49:16

Jacob Blesses His Twelve Sons

¹⁵ He saw that a resting place was good, and that the land was pleasant, so he bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant at forced labor. ¹⁶ “Dan shall judge his people,
As one of the tribes of Israel.
¹⁷ Dan shall be a serpent in the way, a viper by the path, that bites the horse's heels so that his rider falls backward.

Tribes of Israel

Dan

Israel

Genesis 30:6

Then Rachel said, "God has judged me, and has also heard my voice and given me a son." Therefore she called his name Dan.

Deuteronomy 33:22

And of Dan he said, "Dan is a lion's cub that leaps from Bashan."

Numbers 10:25

Then the standard of the camp of the people of Dan, acting as the rear guard of all the camps, set out by their companies, and over their company was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

Judges 13:2

There was a certain man of Zorah, of the tribe of the Danites, whose name was Manoah. And his wife was barren and had no children.

Judges 13:24-25

And the woman bore a son and called his name Samson. And the young man grew, and the LORD 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 people of Dan was seeking for itself an inheritance to dwell in, for until then no inheritance among the tribes of Israel had fallen to them.

Judges 18:26-27

Then the people of Dan went their way. And when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back to his home.