Genesis 49:16

Jacob Blesses His Twelve Sons

¹⁵ When he sees a good resting place, and the pleasant land, he will bend his shoulder to the burden and become a slave laborer. ¹⁶ Dan will judge his people as one of the tribes of Israel. ¹⁷ May Dan be a snake beside the road, a viper by the path, that bites the heels of the horse so that its rider falls backward.

Tribes of Israel

Dan

Israel

Genesis 30:6

Then Rachel said, "God has vindicated me. He has responded to my prayer and given me a son." That is why she named him Dan.

Deuteronomy 33:22

Of Dan he said: Dan is a lion's cub; he will leap forth from Bashan.

Numbers 10:25

The standard of the camp of the Danites set out, which was the rear guard of all the camps by their companies; over his company was Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai.

Judges 13:2

There was a man named Manoah from Zorah, from the Danite tribe. His wife was infertile and childless.

Judges 13:24-25

Manoah's wife gave birth to a son and named him Samson. The child grew and the Lord empowered him.

Judges 15:20

Samson led Israel for twenty years during the days of Philistine prominence.

Judges 18:1-2

In those days Israel had no king. And in those days the Danite tribe was looking for a place to settle, because at that time they did not yet have a place to call their own among the tribes of Israel.

Judges 18:26-27

The Danites went on their way; when Micah realized they were too strong to resist, he turned around and went home.