Genesis 49:15

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.

Cross References

Genesis 49:14

Issachar is a strong-boned donkey lying down between two saddlebags.

Genesis 49:16

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

2 Samuel 7:1

The king settled into his palace, for the Lord gave him relief from all his enemies on all sides.

Psalm 81:6

It said: “I removed the burden from his shoulder; his hands were released from holding the basket.

Proverbs 12:24

The diligent person will rule, but the slothful will become a slave.

Isaiah 31:8

Assyria will fall by a sword, but not one human-made; a sword not made by humankind will destroy them. They will run away from this sword and their young men will be forced to do hard labor.

Ezekiel 29:18

“Son of man, King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon made his army labor hard against Tyre. Every head was rubbed bald and every shoulder rubbed bare; yet he and his army received no wages from Tyre for the work he carried out against it.

Matthew 23:4

They tie up heavy loads, hard to carry, and put them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing even to lift a finger to move them.

Joshua 14:15

(Hebron used to be called Kiriath Arba. Arba was a famous Anakite.) Then the land was free of war.

Judges 3:11

The land had rest for forty years; then Othniel son of Kenaz died.