Genesis 49:21
Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.
Genesis 49:21 in other translations
| BSB | Naphtali is a doe set free that bears beautiful fawns. |
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| WEB | “Naphtali is a doe set free, who bears beautiful fawns. |
| ASV | Naphtali is a hind let loose: He giveth goodly words. |
| YLT | Naphtali is a hind sent away, Who is giving beauteous young ones. |
| DARBY | Naphtali is a hind let loose; He giveth goodly words. |
| BBE | Naphtali is a roe let loose, giving fair young ones. |
| Webster | Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words. |
What does Genesis 49:21 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 49:19-21
Concerning Gad, Jacob alludes to his name, which signifies a troop, and foresees the character of that tribe. The cause of God and his people, though for a time it may seem to be baffled and run down, will be victorious at last. It represents the Christian's conflict. Grace in the soul is often foiled in its conflicts; troops of corruption overcome it, but the cause is God's, and grace will in the end come off…
Genesis 49:21 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 49:21
- Deuteronomy 33:23
And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of the Lord: possess thou the west and the south.
- Genesis 30:8
And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
- Joshua 19:32-39
The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, even for the children of Naphtali according to their families. And their coast was from Heleph, from Allon to Zaanannim, and Adami, Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakum; and the outgoings thereof were at Jordan: And then the coast turneth westward to Aznoth–tabor, and goeth out from thence to Hukkok, and reacheth to Zebulun on the south side, and reacheth to Asher on the west side, and to Judah upon Jordan toward the sunrising. And the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth, …
- Judges 4:10
And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.
- Judges 5:18
Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field.
- Genesis 46:24
And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.
- Judges 4:6
And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh–naphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the Lord God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?
- Matthew 4:15-16
The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles; The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
- Psalms 18:33-34
He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet, and setteth me upon my high places. He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Context
- Genesis 49:20
Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.
- Genesis 49:21
Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.
- Genesis 49:22
Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:
Genesis 49:21 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Nephtalí, sierva dejada, que dará dichos hermosos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Nephthali est une biche lâchée; il profère de belles paroles. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Naphtali ist eine losgelassene Hindin; er, der schöne Worte gibt. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Nephthali, cervus emissus, et dans eloquia pulchritudinis. |