Genesis 49:13

Then Jacob spoke to his son Zebulun and said, “Zebulun, you will live beside the sea. Your country will reach right over to Sidon. Ships will come into its bays.”

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In The King James Version

Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon.

In Context

12His eyes are no longer clear because he has been drinking wine. And his teeth are white from drinking milk.”

14Then Jacob spoke to his son Issachar and said, “Issachar, you are like a donkey that doesn't want to work. It lies down between two bags, because it doesn't want to carry them on its back.

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Cross References

Genesis 30:20She said, “God has given me a precious baby. So now my husband will be pleased with me, because I have given him six sons.” She named him Zebulun, because Zebulun means “he was pleased with me.”

Matthew Henry on Genesis 49:9-13

8 Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before thee. 9 Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up? 10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be. 11 Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the… Read the whole commentary →

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