Genesis 49:19
What does Genesis 49:19 mean?
A plain-English look at Genesis 49:19 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Gad, a troop shall press upon him; But he shall press upon their heel.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Gad, a troop shall press upon him; But he shall press upon their heel.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Gad, an army will come against him, but he will come down on them in their flight.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Gad! a troop assaulteth him, But he assaulteth last.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Gad, being girded, shall fight before him: and he himself shall be girded backward.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Gad — troops will rush upon him; But he will rush upon the heel.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 32:1
Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;
- Joshua 13:8
With him the Reubenites and the Gadites received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond the Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant of Jehovah gave them:
- 1 Chronicles 3:18
and Malchiram, and Pedaiah, and Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah.
- 1 Chronicles 5:11
And the sons of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of Bashan unto Salecah:
- Judges 10:1
And after Abimelech there arose to save Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in the hill-country of Ephraim.
- Deuteronomy 33:20
And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: He dwelleth as a lioness, And teareth the arm, yea, the crown of the head.
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