Orthodox Jewish Bible

Bereshis 49:16-22 Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB)

16. Dan yadin (shall judge) his people, as one of the Shivtei Yisroel.

17. Dan shall be a nachash beside the derech, a viper along the orach (path) that biteth the ikkvei sus (the horse heels), so that its rider shall fall backward.

18. I have waited for Thy Yeshuah (Salvation), Hashem.

19. Gad, gedud (raider) shall raid him; but he shall raid akev ([at] the heel).

20. Out of Asher his lechem shall be rich, and he shall yield royal dainties.

21. Naphtali is a doe let loose; he giveth goodly sayings.

22. Yosef is a ben of a fruittree, even ben of a fruit-tree near an ayin (spring, well); its daughters (i.e., branches) run over the wall;