Holy Scripture

Genesis 49:15

A church father on this verse
“The text metaphorically and allegorically signifies the Savior through Issachar. Only this one, in fact, wished for the good since his childhood, as Isaiah confirms: "Before the child learned how to call mother and father, he said no to evil and chose the good." He has found his rest in the inheritance of the prophets…”
Hippolytus of Rome, 3th c. — ON THE BLESSINGS OF ISAAC AND JACOB 21

Source: Septuagint

Original

15And having seen the resting place that it was good, And the land that it was fertile, He subjected his shoulder to labor, And became a husbandman.

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In context

13Zebulun shall dwell on the coast, And he shall be by a haven of ships, And shall extend to Sidon.

14Issachar has desired that which is good; Resting between the inheritances.

— Genesis 49:15 —

16Dan shall judge his people, As one tribe too in Israel.

17And let Dan be a serpent in the way, Besetting the path, Biting the heel of the horse (And the rider shall fall backward),

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