Common English Bible

Genesis 49:16-24 Common English Bible (CEB)

16. Dan will settle disputes for his people,as one of Israel’s tribes.

17. Dan will be a snake on the road,a serpent on the path,biting a horse’s heels,so its rider falls backward.

18. I long for your victory, Lord.

19. Gad will be attacked by attackers,but he’ll attack their back.

20. Asher grows fine foods,and he will supply the king’s delicacies.

21. Naphtali is a wild doethat gives birth to beautiful fawns.

22. Joseph is a young bull,a young bull by a spring,who strides with oxen.

23. They attacked him fiercely and fired arrows;the archers attacked him furiously.

24. But his bow stayed strong,and his forearms were nimble,by the hands of the strong one of Jacob,by the name of the shepherd, the rock of Israel,