Genesis 49:14

Genesis 49:14

Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:

a. NLT: “Issachar is a sturdy donkey, resting between two saddlepacks. [Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2007. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.]

b. ASV: Issachar is a strong ass, Couching down between the sheepfolds:

 [Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.]

c. YLT: Issacher is a strong ass, Crouching between the two folds; [The Young's Literal Translation was translated by Robert Young, who believed in a strictly literal translation of God's word. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.]

d. Classic Amplified: Issachar is a strong-boned donkey crouching down between the sheepfolds. [Amplified Bible, Classic Edition (AMPC) Copyright © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation]

e. Septuagint: Issachar has desired that which is good; resting between the inheritances.

f. Stone Edition Torah/Prophets/ Writings: Issachar is a strong-boned donkey; he rests between the boundaries. [The Artscroll Series/Stone Edition, THE TANACH--STUDENT SIZE EDITION Copyright 1996, 1998 by Mesorah Publications, Ldt.]

1. “Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:”

a. Issachar [Strong: 3485 Yissaskar yis-saw-kawr' (strictly yis-saws-kawr'); from 5375 and 7939; he will bring a reward; Jissaskar, a son of Jacob:--Issachar.] [William Varner, Jacob’s Dozen: Hire ore wages].

1). William Varner, Jacob’s Dozen: Issachar means “hire or wages” and was given this name because of his mother’s exclamation at his birth. Issachar was the fifth son of Leah and Jacob.

a). Genesis 30:17, 18 And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son.

30:18 And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.

b. [is a] strong [Strong: 1634 gerem gheh'-rem from 1633; a bone (as the skeleton of the body); hence, self, i.e. (figuratively) very:--bone, strong, top.]

c. ass [Strong: 2543 chamowr kham-ore' or (shortened) chamor {kham-ore}; from 2560; a male ass (from its dun red):--(he)ass.]

d. couching down [Strong: 7257 rabats raw-bats' a primitive root; to crouch (on all four legs folded, like a recumbent animal); be implication, to recline, repose, brood, lurk, imbed:--crouch (down), fall down, make a fold, lay, (cause to, make to) lie (down), make to rest, sit.]

e. between [Strong: 996 beyn bane (sometimes in the plural masculine or feminine); properly, the constructive form of an otherwise unused noun from 995; a distinction; but used only as a prep, between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or:--among, asunder, at, between (-twixt...and), + from (the widest), X in, out of, whether (it be...or), within.]

f. [two] burdens [Strong: 4942 mishpath mish-pawth' from 8192; a stall for cattle (only dual):--burden, sheepfold.]

1). Deuteronomy 33:18, 19  And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and, Issachar, in thy tents.

33:19 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.