Genesis 49:15
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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.He saw that his resting place was good and that his land was pleasant, so he bent his shoulder to the burden and submitted to labor as a servant.
In other translations
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.He saw that his resting place was good and that his land was pleasant, so he bent his shoulder to the burden and submitted to labor as a servant.
Hebrew words
וַיַּרְאvaiyar'and he sawH7200מְנֻחָהmenuchaha resting placeH4496כִּיkithatH3588טוֹבtovit was goodH2895וְאֶת־ve'etand <obj.>H853הָאָרֶץha'aretzthe landH776כִּיkithatH3588נָעֵמָהna'emahit was pleasantH5276וַיֵּטvaiyetand he bent downH5186שִׁכְמוֹshikhmoshoulder hisH7926לִסְבֹּלlisbolto carry a loadH5445וַיְהִיvayhiand he becameH1961לְמַס־lemas-<into> forced labor ofH4522עֹבֵד׃ ס'ovedlaboringH5647
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Joshua 14:15And the name of Hebron before was Kirjath–arba; which Arba was a great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war.(Hebron used to be called Kiriath-arba, after Arba, the greatest man among the Anakim.) Then the land had rest from war.
- Psalm 81:6I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.“I relieved his shoulder of the burden; his hands were freed from the basket.
- Judges 3:11And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.So the land had rest for forty years, until Othniel son of Kenaz died.
- Matthew 23:4For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.They tie up heavy, burdensome loads and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.
- Ezekiel 29:18Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the service that he had served against it:“Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to labor strenuously against Tyre. Every head was made bald and every shoulder made raw. But he and his army received no wages from Tyre for the labor they expended on it.
- 2 Samuel 7:1And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the Lord had given him rest round about from all his enemies;After the king had settled into his palace and the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies around him,
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