Genesis 49:16

Jacob Blesses His Twelve Sons

¹⁵ And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto forced labor. ¹⁶ Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. ¹⁷ Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that bites the horse's heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.

Tribes of Israel

Dan

Israel

Genesis 30:6

And Rachel said, God has judged me, and has also heard my voice, and has given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.

Deuteronomy 33:22

And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp: he shall leap from Bashan.

Numbers 10:25

And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan moved forward, who were the rear guard of all the camps throughout their hosts: and over its host was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

Judges 13:2

And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.

Judges 13:24-25

And the woman bore a son, and called his name Samson: and the child 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 Danites sought themselves an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel.

Judges 18:26-27

And the children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his house.