Catholic Public Domain Version

Genesis 49:16-23 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

16. Dan will judge his people just like any other tribe in Israel.

17. Let Dan be a snake in the way, a viper in the path, biting the hooves of horses, so that his rider may fall backward.

18. I will wait for your salvation, O Lord.

19. Gad, being girded, will fight before him. And he himself will be girded backward.

20. Asher: his bread will be fat, and he will provide delicacies to the kings.

21. Naphtali is a stag sent forth, offering words of eloquent beauty.

22. Joseph is a growing son, a growing son and stately to behold; the daughters run back and forth on the wall.

23. But those who held darts, provoked him, and they contend with him, and they envied him.