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.

Cross References

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.

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.

Psalm 81:6

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

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,

Judges 3:11

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

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.

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.

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.