And he saw that rest [was] good, and the land that [it was] pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Il voit que le lieu où il repose est agréable, Et que la contrée est magnifique; Et il courbe son épaule sous le fardeau, Il s'assujettit à un tribut.
KJV
And he saw that rest [was] good, and the land that [it was] pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.
Philo Judaeus
Legum Allegoriarum Libri I-III
τοῦ δὲ ἐργαζομένου τὰ καλὰ ὁ Ἰσσάχαρ, „ὑπέθηκε γὰρ τὸν ὦμον εἰς τὸ πονεῖν καὶ ἐγένετο ἀνὴρ γεωργός“ (Gen. 49, 15), ἐφ’ οὗ φησι Μωυσῆς σπαρέντος καὶ φυτευθέντος ἐν ψυχῇ „ἔστι μισθός“ (Gen. 30, 18), ὅπερ ἦν οὐκ ἀτελὴς ὁ πόνος ἀλλὰ στεφανούμενος ὑπὸ θεοῦ καὶ μισθοδοτούμενος. ὅτι δὲ…
Philo Judaeus
De Migratione Abrahami
γων ἐπί τινος ἀθλητοῦ τοῦτον τὸν τρόπον· „ὑπέθηκε τὸν ὦμον εἰς τὸ πονεῖν, καὶ ἐγένετο ἀνὴρ γεωργός" (Gen. 49, 15). ὥστε μηδέποτε, ὦ διάνοια, μαλακισθεῖσα ὀκλάσῃς, ἀλλά, κἄν τι δοκῇ δυσθεώρητον εἶναι, τὸ ἐν σαυτῇ βλέπον διανοίξασα διάκυψον εἴσω καὶ ἀκριβέστερον τὰ ὄντα ἐναύγασαι κ…
Eusebius of Caesarea
Hypomnema de Psalmis
λὴ καὶ τὴν γῆν ὅτι πίων, ὑπέθηκε τὸν ὦμον εἰς τὸ ποιεῖν (so, statt πονεῖν) καὶ ἐγενήθη ἀνὴρ γεωργός (Gen 49,15). καὶ μὲν Ὀζίας γεωργὸς ἦν ἀμπελουργοὺς ἔχων ἐν τῇ ὀρεινῇ (II Chr 26,10). καὶ ἡ γυνὴ δὲ παντὸς δικαίου ὡς ἄμπελός ἐστιν εὐθηνοῦσα ἐν τοῖς κλίτεσι τῆς οἰκίας αὐτοῦ (Ps 12…
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