Genesis 49:22-26
22 “Joseph is aa fruitful bough,a fruitful bough by a spring;
his branches run over the wall. ▼
▼Or Joseph is a wild donkey, a wild donkey beside a spring, his wild colts beside the wall
23The archers cbitterly attacked him,
shot at him, and harassed him severely,
24yet dhis bow remained unmoved;
his arms ▼
▼Hebrew the arms of his hands
were made agileby the hands of the fMighty One of Jacob
(from there is gthe Shepherd, ▼
▼Or by the name of the Shepherd
ithe Stone of Israel),25 jby the God of your father who will help you,
by kthe Almighty ▼
▼Hebrew Shaddai
mwho will bless youwith blessings of heaven above,
blessings of the deep that crouches beneath,
blessings of the breasts and of the womb.
26The blessings of your father
are mighty beyond the blessings of my parents,
up to the bounties nof the everlasting hills. ▼
▼A slight emendation yields (compare Septuagint) the blessings of the eternal mountains, the bounties of the everlasting hills
May they be pon the head of Joseph,
and on the brow of him who was set apart from his brothers.
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