The Lord portraying the GENESIS XLIX:21-B. C. 1689
HEART-CHARACTER of the
Tribe of Naphtali.

DEUT. XXXIII:23-B. C. 1451

*21 Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.

JULDGES IV:1-9-B. C. 1316

1 And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead.

2 And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles.

3 And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and * 23 ¶ And of Naphtali he said, Opressed the children of Israel. twenty years he mightily opNaphtali, satisfied with favour,

and full with the blessing of the 4 And Deborah, a prophetess, LORD; possess thou the west and the wife of Lapidoth, she judged the south. Israel at that time.

*Deut. 33:23 and Gen. 49:21-"Naphtali is a hind let loose: He giveth goodly words." The dominant HEART-CHARACTER of the Personality of Naphtali in action.

Ps. 85:9-Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land.

Is. 57:1-2-1 The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.

2 He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his unrightness.

5 And she dwelt under the palm- JUDGES V:18-B. C. 1296

tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.

6 And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh-naphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel

commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?

7 And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thine hand.

8 And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go: but if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go.

9 And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding. the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour: for the LORD shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.

18 Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field.

GEN. XLVIII:15-20—B. C. 1689

said, God, before whom my fathers 15 And he blessed Joseph, and Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,

me from all evil, bless the lads; 16 The Angel which redeemed and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.

17 And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased hand to remove it from Ephraim's him: and he held up his father's hand to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head.

18 And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.

GEN. XXX:7-8-B. C. 1747

19 And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: 7 And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.

he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.

20 And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim

8 And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali. GEN. XXV:24-28-B. C. 1838

and as Manasseh: and he set Eph-§ 24 ¶ And when her days to be raim before Manasseh.

delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.

25 And the first came out red, all over like a hairy garment: and they called his name, Esau.

26 And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Issac was threescore years old, when she bare them.

27 And the boys grew; and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field: and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.

28 And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebecca loved Jacob.

*Gen. 41:50-51-Manasseh, That is, Forgetting by begetting the Twelve Tribes of Manasseh.

†Gen. 41:52-Ephraim, That is, Fruitful, by crossing and being crossed by each of the Twelve Tribes of Jacob.

Gen. 30:7-8-Naphtali, That is, My wrestling. That symbolizes God's dealings with Naphtali which is the result of his acts under the guidance of the Lord in the last days or this shows the result of the acts of Naphtali, "He giveth goodly words." SGen. 25:24-28-Jacob, That is, Supplanter. Jacob supplanted Esau twice. First by marrying in his own kin (the most powerful of the earth) and second by the conquest of Esau's homeland in Britain.

GEN. XXI:1-5-B. C. 1897

And the Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken.

2 For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time, of which God had spoken to him.

3 And Abraham called the name of his son, that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.

4 And Abraham circumcised his

3 And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,

4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.

5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.

6 And I will make thee exceed

son Isaac, being eight days old, as ing fruitful, and I will make na

God had commanded him.

5 And Abraham was a hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.

GEN. XVII:1-8-B. C. 1898

1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.

2 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.

tions of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.

7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee and to thy seed after thee.

8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

||Gen. 21:1-5-Isaac, That is, Laughter. As Sarah laughed at the thought of becoming a mother in her old age, so we laugh at the idea of being Israel: but when Isaac was born she laughed for joy, so we will laugh when Israel is known.

Gen. 17:1-8-Abraham, That is, A multitude of nations. These texts are set in reversal as in Levit. 26:42―Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.