Genesis 49:15

When he sees ¹  a good resting place, and the pleasant land, he will bend his shoulder to the burden and become a slave laborer. ² 

When he sees how good is his resting place and how pleasant is his land, he will bend his shoulder to the burden and submit to forced labour.

"When he saw that a resting place was good And that the land was pleasant, He bowed his shoulder to bear burdens, And became a slave at forced labor.

When he sees how good the countryside is, how pleasant the land, he will bend his shoulder to the task and submit to forced labor.

When he saw how good the place was, how pleasant the country, He gave up his freedom and went to work as a slave.

And he saw that rest was good and the land was pleasing; so he let them put weights on his back and became a servant.

he saw that a resting place was good, and that the land was pleasant; so he bowed his shoulder to the burden, and became a slave at forced labor.

He saw that rest was good, And that the land was pleasant; He bowed his shoulder to bear a burden , And became a band of slaves.

When he sees ¹  a good resting place, and the pleasant land, he will bend his shoulder to the burden and become a slave laborer. ² 

¹ tn The verb forms in this verse (“sees,” “will bend,” and “[will] become”) are preterite; they is used in a rhetorical manner, describing the future as if it had already transpired.

² sn The oracle shows that the tribe of Issachar will be willing to trade liberty for the material things of life. Issachar would work (become a slave laborer) for the Canaanites, a reversal of the oracle on Canaan. See C. M. Carmichael, “Some Sayings in Genesis 49,” JBL 88 (1969): 435-44; and S. Gevirtz, “The Issachar Oracle in the Testament of Jacob,” ErIsr 12 (1975): 104-12.