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Dan will judge his people

Possible meanings are 1) "the leaders among the descendants of Dan will judge their people" or 2) "The descendants of Dan will judge the people of Israel." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)

Dan will be a snake beside the road

"Dan will be like a snake beside the road." Though a snake is small, it but can bring down a rider off his house, so is Dan, though a small tribe, is very dangerous to its enemies. (See rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)

I wait

The word "I" refers to Jacob.