Deuteronomio 33:23

Filipino Cebuano Bible

23 Ug mahitungod kang Nephtali miingon siya: Oh Nephtali, nabusog sa pagpalangga, Ug puno sa panalangin ni Jehova, Magtag-iya ka sa kasadpan ug habagatan,

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O: Genesis 49:21, Psalms 36:8, Psalms 90:14, Isaiah 9:1, Isaiah 9:2, Jeremiah 31:14, Matthew 4:13, Matthew 4:16, Matthew 11:28

possess: Joshua 19:32-39

Reciprocal: Genesis 30:8 - and she Genesis 46:24 - Naphtali Joshua 19:34 - turneth

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And of Naphtali he said,.... The tribe of Naphtali, as the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem:

O Naphtali, satisfied with favour; with the favour of men, which to have is a great blessing; and as he gave goodly words to others, he had the good word of others, Genesis 49:21; and with the favour of God, as the next clause shows; which is the greatest blessing of all, and is special and peculiar, free and sovereign, and the source of all blessings, temporal and spiritual; and to be full of this, and satisfied of an interest in it, is the highest of enjoyments; and nothing is of a more satisfying nature, it is a feast of itself; see

Psalms 63:3;

and full with the blessing of the Lord; as such must needs be who are full of and satisfied with the your, good will, and love of God; for they are filled with all spiritual blessings, with all the blessings of grace, which spring from his free favour, as pardon of sin, a justifying righteousness, adoption, sanctifying grace, a right and title to eternal life. This may have respect to the temporal happiness of this tribe, which had a remarkable share in the favour and good will of God, and in the blessings of his goodness. Strabo a, an Heathen writer, speaking of this part of the land of Judea, says it was a happy and fruitful country, bearing all manner of fruit; in this tribe was the fruitful country of Gennesaret, full of delightful gardens and fields, which lay along by a lake of that name, frequently mentioned in the New Testament; which country, Josephus says b, one may call the ambition of nature; and the Targum of Jonathan has it,

"ye shall be full of the fruits of the valley of Gennesaret;''

and particularly this country was favoured with the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ; see Matthew 4:13;

possess thou the west and the south; not the west and south of the land of Israel; for, according to Josephus c, this tribe lay to the east and north of it, just the reverse; and it is plain from Joshua 19:34; that it had Asher on the west, and Zebulun on the south; wherefore some understand this of the commodities this tribe was supplied with, as through the tribe of Asher on the west, on which those trading cities Tyre and Sidon bordered; and through Zebulun on the south, which was near the sea, and was given to navigation and trade: though it should be observed that the word for "west" signifies the "sea" d; and intends not the Mediterranean sea, which this tribe did not reach; but the sea of Tiberias and Gennesaret, as all the Targums explain it; and Bochart e observes, that the portion of Naphtali reached from the south of the city of Dan to the sea of Tiberias; so that the south is observed with respect to Dan last mentioned, and the west or sea to the sea of Tiberias.

a Geograph. l. 16. p. 519. b De Bello Jud. l. 3. c. 9. sect. 8. c Antiqu. l. 5. c. 1. sect. 22. d ים "mare", Montanus, V. L. Cocceius. e Heirozoic. par. 1. l. 3. c. 18. col. 898.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Satisfied with favor - Compare Genesis 49:21 and note.

The west and the south - i. e., taking the words as referring not to geographical position but to natural characteristics, “the sea and the sunny district.” The possession of Naphtali included nearly the whole west coast of the Sea of Galilee, the Lake of Merom, the modern Bahr el Hulch, and the well watered district near the springs of Jordan. It contained some of the grandest scenery and some of the most fertile land in Palestine. Josephus speaks of the shore of Gennesaret as “an earthly paradise;” and Porter describes it as “the garden of Palestine.” The modern name for this district, “land of good tidings,” is significant.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Deuteronomy 33:23. O Naphtali, satisfied with favour — Though this may refer to the very great fertility of the country that fell to this tribe, yet certainly something more is intended. Scarcely any of the tribes was more particularly favoured by the wondrous mercy and kindness of God, than this and the tribe of Zebulun. The light of the glorious Gospel of Christ shone brightly here, Matthew 4:13; Matthew 4:15-16. Christ's chief residence was at Capernaum in this tribe, Matthew 9:1; Mark 2:1; and this city, through Christ's constant residence, and the mighty miracles he wrought in it, is represented as being exalted unto heaven, Matthew 11:23. And it is generally allowed that the apostles were principally of the tribe of Naphtali, who were to possess the west and the south-to dispense the Gospel through all the other tribes. The word yam, which we here translate west, literally signifies the sea, and probably refers to the sea of Gennesareth, which was in this tribe.