14 “Issachar(A) is a rawboned[a] donkey
    lying down among the sheep pens.[b](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 49:14 Or strong
  2. Genesis 49:14 Or the campfires; or the saddlebags

14 Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:

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15 When he sees how good is his resting place
    and how pleasant is his land,(A)
he will bend his shoulder to the burden(B)
    and submit to forced labor.(C)

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15 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.

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18 About Zebulun(A) he said:

“Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out,
    and you, Issachar,(B) in your tents.

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18 And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and, Issachar, in thy tents.

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19 They will summon peoples to the mountain(A)
    and there offer the sacrifices of the righteous;(B)
they will feast on the abundance of the seas,(C)
    on the treasures hidden in the sand.”

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19 They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck of the abundance of the seas, and of treasures hid in the sand.

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