Genesis 49:21
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Naphtali is a doe set free that bears beautiful fawns.”
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BSBPD
“Naphtali is a doe set free that bears beautiful fawns.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Naphtali is a hind let loose: He giveth goodly words.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Naphtali <FI>is<Fi> a hind sent away, Who is giving beauteous young ones.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Genesis 49:21 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 30:8Then Rachel said, “In my great struggles, I have wrestled with my sister and won.” So she named him Naphtali.
- Genesis 46:24The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.
- Deuteronomy 33:23Concerning Naphtali he said: “Naphtali is abounding with favor, full of the blessing of the LORD; he shall take possession of the sea and the south.”
- Joshua 19:32The sixth lot came out for the clans of the tribe of Naphtali:
- Judges 4:6She summoned Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, “Surely the LORD, the God of Israel, is commanding you: ‘Go and march to Mount Tabor, taking with you ten thousand men of Naphtali and Zebulun.
- Judges 4:10where he summoned Zebulun and Naphtali. Ten thousand men followed him, and Deborah also went with him.
- Judges 5:18Zebulun was a people who risked their lives; Naphtali, too, on the heights of the battlefield.
- 2 Chronicles 10:7They replied, “If you will be kind to these people and please them by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.”
- Psalms 18:33He makes my feet like those of a deer and stations me upon the heights.
- Matthew 4:15“Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles—
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