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14 Issachar is a sturdy donkey,
        bedding down beside the village hearths.[a]
15 He saw that a resting place was good
        and that the land was pleasant.
He lowered his shoulder to haul loads
        and joined the work gangs.
16 Dan[b] will settle disputes for his people,
        as one of Israel’s tribes.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 49:14 Or stubbornly lying beneath its saddlebags
  2. Genesis 49:16 Or he judges, or settles disputes

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