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Genesis 49:21
21Naphtali is like a deer that runs freely and gives birth to beautiful babies.
Genesis 49:21 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.
- New International Version (NIV)“Naphtali is a doe set free that bears beautiful fawns.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Naphtali is a doe let loose that bears beautiful fawns.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Naphtali is a deer let loose; He uses beautiful words.
Context of Genesis 49:21
19Robbers will attack Gad, but he will fight back against them. 20Asher will have much good food. It will be good enough for kings to eat. Naphtali is like a deer that runs freely and gives birth to beautiful babies. 22Joseph is like a vine that has lots of fruit. It grows near a well and its branches go over a wall. 23His enemies will be angry with him. They will attack him with arrows.
Read all of Genesis 49Genesis 49:21 word by word
נַפְתָּלִ֖י אַיָּלָ֣ה שְׁלֻחָ֑ה הַנֹּתֵ֖ן אִמְרֵי־שָֽׁפֶר׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Genesis 49:21
- Genesis 30:8Rachel said, ‘I have fought with my sister and I have won.’ She called this son Naphtali.
- Genesis 46:24The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer and Shillem.
- Deuteronomy 33:23I pray this for the tribe of Naphtali: The Lord has blessed Naphtali's tribe very much. He has been very kind to them. Land in the west and in the south will belong to them.
- Joshua 19:32The sixth part of the land was for Naphtali's tribe, clan by clan.
- Judges 4:6One day, Deborah told Abinoam's son Barak to come to her. He lived in Kedesh, a town in Naphtali. She said to Barak, ‘The Lord, Israel's God, has given you this command: “March to Mount Tabor with 10,000 men who belong to the tribes of Naphtali and Zebulun.
- Judges 5:18But the men of Zebulun's tribe were not afraid to die in war. The men of Naphtali's tribe were also ready to attack the enemy.
- Psalms 18:33He makes my feet stand strongly on the ground. Like a deer, I can stand on high mountains and not fall.
- Matthew 4:15‘I am speaking to you people who live in Zebulun and Naphtali. Your part of this country is on the way to Lake Galilee. It is across the Jordan River in the part of the country called Galilee. Some people who are not Jews live there.
Commentaries on Genesis 49:21
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-33Verses 1-33 - Jacob Blesses His Sons 5. מכרה mekêrāh “weapon;” related: כיר kārar or כרה kārāh dig. “Device, design?” related: מכר mākar “sell,” in Arabic “take counsel. Habitation.” 10. מחקק mechoqēq “lawgiver, judge, dispenser of laws.” This word occurs in six other places - Numbers 21:18; Deuteronomy 33:21; Jud. Deuteronomy 5:14; Psalm 60:9; Psalm 108:9; Isaiah 33:22; in five of which it clearly denotes ruler, or judge. The meaning “sceptre” is…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 19-21Verses 19-21 Concerning Gad, Jacob alludes to his name, which signifies a troop, and foresees the character of that tribe. The cause of God and his people, though for a time it may seem to be baffled and run down, will be victorious at last. It represents the Christian's conflict. Grace in the soul is often foiled in its conflicts; troops of corruption overcome it, but the cause is God's, and grace will in the end come off conqueror, yea, more than…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21Naphtali was like a doe. This may mean the tribe would live as a free people in the mountains (compare Judges 5:18). The tribe of Naphtali settled in the hill country northwest of the Sea of Galilee.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-331. Jacob called unto his sons--It is not to the sayings of the dying saint, so much as of the inspired prophet, that attention is called in this chapter. Under the immediate influence of the Holy Spirit he pronounced his prophetic benediction and described the condition of their respective descendants in the last days, or future times. Ge 49:3, 4. Reuben forfeited by his crime the rights and honors of primogeniture. His posterity never made any figure; no…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Genesis 49
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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