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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Genesis 49:17

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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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DAN--though the son of a secondary wife, was to be "as one of the tribes of Israel." (Gen 49:16-18) Dan--"a judge." a serpent . . . an adder--A serpent, an adder, implies subtlety and stratagem; such was pre-eminently the character of Samson, the most illustrious of its judges.
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