Genesis 49:13
ContextNET © | Zebulun will live 1 by the haven of the sea and become a haven for ships; his border will extend to Sidon. 2 |
NIV © | "Zebulun will live by the seashore and become a haven for ships; his border will extend towards Sidon. |
NASB © | "Zebulun will dwell at the seashore; And he shall be a haven for ships, And his flank shall be toward Sidon. |
NLT © | "Zebulun will settle on the shores of the sea and will be a harbor for ships; his borders will extend to Sidon. |
MSG © | Zebulun settles down on the seashore; he's a safe harbor for ships, right alongside Sidon. |
BBE © | The resting-place of Zebulun will be by the sea, and he will be a harbour for ships; the edge of his land will be by Zidon. |
NRSV © | Zebulun shall settle at the shore of the sea; he shall be a haven for ships, and his border shall be at Sidon. |
NKJV © | "Zebulun shall dwell by the haven of the sea; He shall become a haven for ships, And his border shall adjoin Sidon. |
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NET © | Zebulun will live 1 by the haven of the sea and become a haven for ships; his border will extend to Sidon. 2 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn The verb שָׁכַן (shakhan) means “to settle,” but not necessarily as a permanent dwelling place. The tribal settlements by the sea would have been temporary and not the tribe’s territory. |