Genesis 49:15

Bible in Basic English 1965

And he saw that rest was good and the land was pleasing; so he let them put weights on his back and became a servant.

Cross References

Genesis 49:14

Issachar is a strong ass stretched out among the flocks:

Genesis 49:16

Dan will be the judge of his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.

2 Samuel 7:1

Now when the king was living in his house, and the Lord had given him rest from war on every side;

Psalm 81:6

I took the weight from his back; his hands were made free from the baskets.

Proverbs 12:24

The hand of the ready worker will have authority, but he who is slow in his work will be put to forced work.

Isaiah 31:8

Then the Assyrian will come down by the sword, but not of man; the sword, not of men, will be the cause of his destruction: and he will go in flight from the sword, and his young men will be put to forced work.

Ezekiel 29:18

Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, made his army do hard work against Tyre, and the hair came off every head and every arm was rubbed smooth: but he and his army got no payment out of Tyre for the hard work which he had done against it.

Matthew 23:4

They make hard laws and put great weights on men's backs; but they themselves will not put a finger to them.

Joshua 14:15

In earlier times the name of Hebron had been Kiriath-arba, named after Arba, the greatest of the Anakim. And the land had rest from war.

Judges 3:11

Then for forty years the land had peace, till the death of Othniel, the son of Kenaz.