Genesis 49 · Verse 16

Genesis 49:16

Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
Genesis 49:16, King James Version

Genesis 49:16 in other translations

BSBDan shall provide justice for his people as one of the tribes of Israel.
WEB“Dan will judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
ASVDan shall judge his people, As one of the tribes of Israel.
YLTDan doth judge his people, As one of the tribes of Israel;
DARBYDan will judge his people, As another of the tribes of Israel.
BBEDan will be the judge of his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
WebsterDan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.

What does Genesis 49:16 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 16 Dan shall judge - Dan, whose name signifies judgment, was the eldest of Jacob's sons by Bilhah, Rachel's maid, and he is here promised an equal rule with those tribes that sprang from either Leah or Rachel, the legal wives of Jacob. Some Jewish and some Christian writers understand this prophecy of Samson, who sprang from this tribe, and judged, or as the word might be translated avenged, the people of Israel twenty years. See Jdg 13:2; Jdg 15:20.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 49:13-18

Concerning Zebulun: if prophecy says, Zebulun shall be a haven of ships, be sure Providence will so plant him. God appoints the bounds of our habitation. It is our wisdom and duty to accommodate ourselves to our lot, and to improve it; if Zebulun dwell at the heaven of the sea, let him be for a haven of ships. Concerning Issachar: he saw that the land was pleasant, yielding not only pleasant prospects, but pleasant…

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Genesis 49:16 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

דָּ֖ןdanDanH1835
יָדִ֣יןya.Dinhe will judgeH1777
עַמּ֑וֹa.Mopeople hisH5971
כְּאַחַ֖דke.'a.Chadlike one ofH259
שִׁבְטֵ֥יshiv.Tei[the] tribes ofH7626
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל\׃Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 49:16

  • Deuteronomy 33:22

    And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion’s whelp: he shall leap from Bashan.

  • Genesis 30:6

    And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.

  • Judges 13:2

    And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.

  • Judges 18:26-27

    And the children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his house. And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people that were at quiet and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire.

  • Numbers 10:25

    And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward, which was the rereward of all the camps throughout their hosts: and over his host was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

  • Judges 18:1-2

    In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel. And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there.

  • Judges 13:24-25

    And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the Lord blessed him. And the Spirit of the Lord began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.

  • Judges 15:20

    And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
30:6; Nu 10:25; De 33:22; Jud 13:2,24,25; 15:20; 18:1,2

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Genesis 49:15

    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.

  • Genesis 49:16

    Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.

  • Genesis 49:17

    Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.

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Genesis 49:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Dan juzgará á su pueblo, como una de las tribus de Israel.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Dan jugera son peuple, comme une autre des tribus d’Israël.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Dan wird sein Volk richten, wie einer der Stämme Israels.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Dan judicabit populum suum sicut et alia tribus in Israël.