Genesis 49:16-17
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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- Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Genesis 49:16-17
Genesis 49:16-17. Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. 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.
This tribe would show more cunning than courage; it would excel rather in the strategy of war than in the force of arms. Here the old man paused, and refreshed himself by saying, -