17 He will be a snake by the road, a viper in the path that bites the horse’s heels so that its rider tumbles backward. 18 I await Your salvation, O LORD. 19 Gad will be attacked by raiders, but he will attack their heels.
Genesis 49:17–19
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Lamentations 3:9–11
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Genesis 16:11–13
11 The angel of the LORD proceeded: “Behold, you have conceived and will bear a son. And you shall name him Ishmael, for the LORD has heard your cry of affliction. 12 He will be a wild donkey of a man, and his hand will be against everyone, and everyone’s hand again…
Job 18:8–10
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Numbers 24:8–10
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Deuteronomy 33:19–21
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Hosea 13:6–8
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