Génesis 49:16

16 Dan juzgará a su pueblo, como una de las tribus de Israel

Génesis 49:16 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 49:16

Dan shall judge his people as one of the tribes of Israel.
] There is an elegant paronomasia, or an allusion to the name of Dan in those words, which signifies to judge, and the sense of them is, there should be heads, rulers, and judges of it, as the other tribes had; and this is the rather mentioned of him, because he is the first of the children of concubine wives as yet taken notice of; and what is here said of him is also to be understood of the rest of the sons of the concubines; for the meaning is not, that a judge should arise out of him as out of the other tribes, that should judge all Israel, restraining it to Samson, who was of this tribe, as the Targums and Jarchi; for no such judge did arise out of all the tribes of Israel; nor was Samson such a judge of Israel as David, who, according to Jarchi, is one of the tribes of Israel, namely, of Judah; for David did not judge as Samson, nor Samson as David, their form of government being different.

Génesis 49:16 In-Context

14 Isacar, asno huesudo echado entre dos líos

15 y vio que el descanso era bueno, y que la tierra era deleitosa; y bajó su hombro para llevar, y sirvió en tributo

16 Dan juzgará a su pueblo, como una de las tribus de Israel

17 Será Dan serpiente junto al camino, cerasta junto a la senda, que muerde los talones de los caballos, y hace caer por detrás al cabalgador de ellos

18 Tu salud esperé, oh SEÑOR