Genesis 49:15

New American Bible - revised edition

When he saw how good a settled life was, and how pleasant the land, He bent his shoulder to the burden and became a toiling serf.

Cross References

Genesis 49:14

“Issachar is a rawboned donkey, crouching between the saddlebags.

Genesis 49:16

“Dan shall achieve justice for his people as one of the tribes of Israel.

2 Samuel 7:1

After the king had taken up residence in his house, and the Lord had given him rest from his enemies on every side,

Psalm 81:6

He made it a decree for Joseph when he came out of the land of Egypt.

Proverbs 12:24

The diligent hand will govern, but sloth makes for forced labor.

Isaiah 31:8

Assyria shall fall by a sword, not wielded by human being, no mortal sword shall devour him; He shall flee before the sword, and his young men shall be impressed as laborers.

Ezekiel 29:18

Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, has made his army wage a hard campaign against Tyre; their heads grew bald, their shoulders rubbed raw, yet neither he nor his army received compensation from Tyre for all the effort they expended against it.

Matthew 23:4

They tie up heavy burdens [hard to carry] and lay them on people’s shoulders, but they will not lift a finger to move them.

Joshua 14:15

Hebron was formerly called Kiriath-arba, for Arba, the greatest among the Anakim. And the land had rest from war.

Judges 3:11

So the land was at rest for forty years, until Othniel, son of Kenaz, died. Ehud.