Genesis 49:15

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

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.

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; this 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.