Genesis 49:15 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

he saw that a resting place was good and that the land was pleasant, so he bowed his shoulder to the burden and became a slave at forced labor.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And he saw that rest was good and that the land was pleasant; and he bowed his shoulder to bear [his burdens] and became a servant to tribute [subjected to forced labor].

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

He saw that a resting place was good and that the land was pleasant. He lowered his shoulder to haul loads and joined the work gangs.

Catholic Public Domain Version

He saw that rest would be good, and that the land was excellent. And so he bent his shoulder to carry, and he became a servant under tribute.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

He saw rest that it was good: and the land that it was excellent. And he bowed his shoulder to carry, and became a servant under tribute.

Genesis 49:15 Cross References

Genesis 49:14

Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the sheepfolds;

Genesis 49:16

Dan shall judge his people as one of the tribes of Israel.

2 Samuel 7:1

Now when the king was settled in his house and the Lord had given him rest from all his enemies around him,

Psalm 81:6

“I relieved your shoulder of the burden; your hands were freed from the basket.

Proverbs 12:24

The hand of the diligent will rule, while the lazy will be put to forced labor.

Isaiah 31:8

“Then the Assyrian shall fall by a sword not of mortals, and a sword not of humans shall devour him; he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be put to forced labor.

Ezekiel 29:18

Mortal, King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon made his army labor hard against Tyre; every head was made bald and every shoulder was rubbed bare, yet neither he nor his army got anything from Tyre to pay for the labor that he had expended against it.

Matthew 23:4

They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on the shoulders of others, but they themselves are unwilling to lift a finger to move them.

Joshua 14:15

Now the name of Hebron formerly was Kiriath-arba; Arba was the greatest man among the Anakim. And the land had rest from war.

Judges 3:11

So the land had rest forty years. Then Othniel son of Kenaz died.