Ver. 23. And of Naphtali he said— Jacob appears to have promised the Naphtalites a delightful country, under the image of a fine spreading tree. And here Moses predicts, in clear terms, that their portion would answer to that figurative description, and withal points out where it would be situated in the Land of Promise; namely, in the country afterwards called Galilee, a part of which fell to the lot of this tribe, and which is allowed to have been extremely fertile. See Genesis 15:21.
REFLECTIONS.—The blessing of Naphtali is rich, indeed! satisfied with favour, happy in the regards of his brethren, and more happy still in the love and favour of God, which is the fountain of all blessedness; full of the blessing of the Lord, not only enriched with a temporal provision, but blessed with the richer mercies of the covenant of grace. Possessed of the west, or rather as the word signifies, the sea of Gennesaret, which was its border, and the south, from the tribe of Dan. The favour of God's people is a singular mercy, but the favour of God himself is that which can alone fully satisfy the soul.