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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Genesis 49:14

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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ISSACHAR-- (Gen 49:14-15) a strong ass couching down between two burdens--that is, it was to be active, patient, given to agricultural labors. It was established in lower Galilee--a "good land," settling down in the midst of the Canaanites, where, for the sake of quiet, they "bowed their shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute."
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