KJV King James Version
Naphtali [is] a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.
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Genesis 49:21
Naphtali [is] a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Naphtali is a doe set free that bears beautiful fawns.
WEB World English Bible
“Naphtali is a doe set free, who bears beautiful fawns.
ASV American Standard Version
Naphtali is a hind let loose: He giveth goodly words.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Naphtali is a hind sent away, Who is giving beauteous young ones.
Surrounding context — Genesis 49
18 I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.
19 Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.
20 Out of Asher his bread [shall be] fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.
21 Naphtali [is] a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.
22 Joseph [is] a fruitful bough, [even] a fruitful bough by a well; [whose] branches run over the wall:
23 The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot [at him], and hated him:
24 But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty [God] of Jacob; (from thence [is] the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)
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Deuteronomy 33:23And 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 30:8And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.Judges 5:18Zebulun and Naphtali [were] a people [that] jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field.Psalm 18:33-34He maketh my feet like hinds’ [feet], and setteth me upon my high places.Judges 4:10And 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 4:6And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedeshnaphtali, 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?Joshua 19:32-39The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, [even] for the children of Naphtali according to their families.Matthew 4:15-16The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, [by] the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;Genesis 46:24And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.
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