14 Issachar is a strong donkey
lying down between the saddlebags.[a]

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  1. 49:14 Or sheep pens

14 “Issachar(A) is a rawboned[a] donkey
    lying down among the sheep pens.[b](B)

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  1. Genesis 49:14 Or strong
  2. Genesis 49:14 Or the campfires; or the saddlebags

16 Why did you sit among the sheep pens[a]
listening to the playing of pipes for the flocks?
There was great searching of heart
among the clans of Reuben.

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  1. 5:16 Or the campfires

16 Why did you stay among the sheep pens[a](A)
    to hear the whistling for the flocks?(B)
In the districts of Reuben
    there was much searching of heart.

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  1. Judges 5:16 Or the campfires; or the saddlebags