Genesis 49:22
Joseph is a fruitful tree, a fruitful tree beside a spring, whose branches climb over the wall.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:
In Context
21Naphtali is a deer that's free to run; it gives birth to beautiful fawns.
23The archers viciously attacked him; they shot their arrows at him with hate.
Cross References
Genesis 41:52His second son he named Ephraim, because he said, “God has made me fruitful in the country of my misery.”
Genesis 48:1Sometime after this, Joseph was told, “Your father is sick.” So Joseph went to see him, taking with him his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim.
Genesis 48:15He blessed Joseph, saying, “May the God my grandfather Abraham and my father worshiped—the God who has taken care of me like a shepherd throughout my life until now,
Genesis 48:19But his father refused, saying, “I know what I'm doing. Manasseh will also become an important people, but his younger brother will be greater than him, and his descendants will become a large nation.”
Deuteronomy 33:13To Joseph he said: “May the Lord bless his land with the best gifts of heaven—with the dew and water from the depths below;
Joshua 17:14Then the descendants of Joseph came to Joshua and asked him, “Why have you given us only one allocation—only one share of the land—when there's so many of us because the Lord has blessed us so much?”
Matthew Henry on Genesis 49:14-22
13 Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for a haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon. 14 Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens: 15 And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute. 16 Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. 17 Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward. 18 I… Read the whole commentary →