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17 Dan will be like a snake by the side of the road.
    He will be like a dangerous snake lying near the path.
That snake bites a horse’s leg.
    And the rider is thrown off backward.

18 “Lord, I wait for your salvation.

19 “Robbers will attack Gad.
    But he will defeat them and drive them away.

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17 Dan(A) will be a snake by the roadside,
    a viper along the path,(B)
that bites the horse’s heels(C)
    so that its rider tumbles backward.

18 “I look for your deliverance,(D) Lord.(E)

19 “Gad[a](F) will be attacked by a band of raiders,
    but he will attack them at their heels.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 49:19 Gad sounds like the Hebrew for attack and also for band of raiders.