Genesis 49:17 · WEB
“Dan will be a serpent in the way, an adder in the path, That bites the horse's heels, so that his rider falls backward.”
— Genesis 49:17
Speaker
Jacob
Era
Patriarchs (~2000 BC)
Emotion
deciding
Type
prophecy
Emotional genome
Comfort power
Quotability
Memorability
Crisis relevance
Standalone
Promise of GodProphecycunningwarfarestrategic thinking
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