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Ramban on Deuteronomy 33:18/רמב"ן על דברים ל״ג:י״ח

אוְטַעַם שְׂמַח זְבוּלֻן בְּצֵאתֶךָ, בְּעֵת צֵאתְךָ בָּאֳנִיּוֹת סוֹחֵר, יִרְמֹז כִּי לְחוֹף יַמִּים יִשְׁכֹּן, וְאַתָּה יִשָּׂשכָר בְּאֹהָלֶיךָ, יִרְמֹז כִּי רָאָה מְנֻחָה כִּי טוֹב וְאֶת אַרְצוֹ כִּי נָעֵמָה, כְּבִרְכַּת יַעֲקֹב:

1REJOICE, ZEBULUN, IN THY GOING OUT — that is, when you journey in merchant-ships. He alludes to [what Jacob said of Zebulun that] he shall dwell at the shore of the sea.²³⁷ And you Issachar [rejoice] in thy tents, thus intimating that Issachar saw a resting-place that it was good, and his land that it was pleasant,²³⁸, Verse 15. in accord with Jacob’s blessing.