Cross references

Genesis 49:16

Dan shall provide justice for his people

as one of the tribes of Israel.

Genesis 49:16 BSB
  1. a Or Dan shall judge his people; Dan means He has judged or He has vindicated.

Genesis 49:16 has 8 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 2 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Deuteronomy 33:22 (5 votes) and Genesis 30:6 (4 votes). 14 other verses point back to it. It links with 9 other books, from Genesis 30 to Acts 3.

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Which verses does Genesis 49:16 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Concerning Dan he said: “Dan is a lion’s cub, leaping out of Bashan.”

  2. Then Rachel said, “God has vindicated me; He has heard my plea and given me a son.” So she named him Dan.

  3. Finally, the divisions of the camp of Dan set out under their standard, serving as the rear guard for all units, with Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai in command.

  4. Now there was a man from Zorah named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, whose wife was barren and had no children.

  5. So the woman gave birth to a son and named him Samson. The boy grew, and the LORD blessed him. And the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him at Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.

  6. And Samson judged Israel for twenty years in the days of the Philistines.

  7. In those days there was no king in Israel, and the tribe of the Danites was looking for territory to occupy. For up to that time they had not come into an inheritance among the tribes of Israel. So the Danites sent out five men from their clans, men of valor from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. “Go and explore the land,” they told them. The men entered the hill country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah, where they spent the night.

  8. So the Danites went on their way, and Micah turned to go back home, because he saw that they were too strong for him. After they had taken Micah’s idols and his priest, they went to Laish, to a quiet and unsuspecting people, and they struck them with their swords and burned down the city.

Which verses point to Genesis 49:16?

The 10 strongest of 14.