...instinctive dread has the horse of a serpent. The incident brought to mind that passage in Gen. xlix. 17., " Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward." We observed the plain covered...

...determining as their coat of arms, so the figure of their standards, — ' Jndoh is a lion's whelp;' 'Issachar is a strong ass, couching down between two burdens;' 'Dan shall be a serpent ; ' ' Napthali is a hmd let loose;' 'Joseph is a fruitful bough' (Gen. xlix.). Nor are these tokens...

...foot, that he may throw his rider. Jacob makes an allusion to this in the blessing he gave to Dan : " Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse-heels, so that his rider shall fall backward." Epiphanius brings four proofs...

...fire-breathing contingent of impoisoneJ troops ; and, according to the prophecy of the old Jacob, ' Pau shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, tint i biteth the horse heels, so that his rUtf I shall fall backward.' Remember, U Prussia, that thou,...

...servant unto tribute. 16 Dan «h»ll judge« bis people, — as one of the tribes of Israel. 17 Dun shall be a serpent by the way, — an adder in the path, That bitcth the horso heels, — so that his rider shall fall backward. 18 I have waited for thy salvation,...

...did Dan judge his people? Why, in Samson. This is matter of joy to Jacob. But what shall follow? " Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward." " He shall be a serpent and an...

...29.18. Mall. 23: 4. 1 C IT Dan m shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. 1 7 Dan n shall be a serpent by the way, * an adder in the path; that biteth the horse-heels, so that his rider shall fall backward. 18 1 have "waited for thy salvation,...

...of Moses, is yet quite as remarkable : " Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horseheels, so that his rider shall fall backward." The imagery of this passage, like...

...the words that I prophesied in Jacob. " Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward." Gen. xlix. 16, 17. And shall destroy...

...extracted from the tribe of Dan. This conjecture is founded upon the text, mentioned by % Jacob, ' Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the «mn»path.' His conception will be remarkably flagitious, and his ^AM-hrLt. mother under possession...