Issachar is a strong-boned donkey, lying down between two saddlebags.
Genesis 49:15 - Tree of Life Version He saw that a resting place was good, and that the land was pleasant. He leaned his shoulder to bear a burden, and became a forced laborer. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he saw that rest was good, And the land that it was pleasant; And bowed his shoulder to bear, And became a servant unto tribute. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And he saw that rest was good and that the land was pleasant; and he bowed his shoulder to bear [his burdens] and became a servant to tribute [subjected to forced labor]. American Standard Version (1901) And he saw a resting-place that it was good, And the land that it was pleasant; And he bowed his shoulder to bear, And became a servant under taskwork. Common English Bible He saw that a resting place was good and that the land was pleasant. He lowered his shoulder to haul loads and joined the work gangs. Catholic Public Domain Version He saw that rest would be good, and that the land was excellent. And so he bent his shoulder to carry, and he became a servant under tribute. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He saw rest that it was good: and the land that it was excellent. And he bowed his shoulder to carry, and became a servant under tribute. |
Issachar is a strong-boned donkey, lying down between two saddlebags.
Now it came about when the king lived in his palace and Adonai had granted him rest from all his enemies around him,
He set it up as a testimony in Joseph, when He went throughout the land of Egypt, I heard a language I did not understand.
The hand of the diligent will rule, but the lazy will become forced labor.
“Then Assyria will fall, not by a sword of man, so a sword not of man will devour him and he will flee from the sword. His young men will be put to forced labor.
“Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made his army labor hard against Tyre. Every head became bald and every shoulder chafed. But he and his army had no profit from Tyre for the labor that he had expended against it.”
They tie up heavy loads, hard to carry, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves aren’t willing to lift a finger to move them.
Now the name of Hebron formerly was Kiriath-arba, for Arba was the greatest man among the Anakim. Then the land had rest from war.