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The Book of Genesis, Chapter 49, Verse 15

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Issachar [is] a strong ass couching down between two burdens:
King James Version
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 tribute.
American Standard Version
And he saw a resting-place that it was good, And the land that it was pleasant; And he bowed his shoulder to bear, And became a servant under taskwork.
New English Translation
When he sees a good resting place, and the pleasant land, he will bend his shoulder to the burden and become a slave laborer.
World English Bible
He saw a resting place, that it was good, the land, that it was pleasant. He bows his shoulder to the burden, and becomes a servant doing forced labor.
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Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
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Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
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I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.
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Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.
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Out of Asher his bread [shall be] fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.
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Naphtali [is] a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.
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Joseph [is] a fruitful bough, [even] a fruitful bough by a well; [whose] branches run over the wall:
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The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot [at him], and hated him:
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But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty [God] of Jacob; (from thence [is] the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)
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[Even] by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb: