Genesis 49:25

Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; 1 And by the Almighty, who shall bless thee 1 With blessings of heaven above, 1 Blessings of the deep that lieth under, 1 Blessings of the breasts, and of the womb: 1

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In The King James Version

Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:

In Context

24But his bow abode in strength, 1 And the arms of his hands were made strong 1 By the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; 1 (From thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:) 1

26The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors 1 Unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: 1 They shall be on the head of Joseph, 1 And on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 17:1And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.

Genesis 28:13And behold, the Lord stood above it, and said, I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;

Genesis 35:3and let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.

Genesis 43:23And he said, Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: I had your money. And he brought Simeon out unto them.

Deuteronomy 28:2and all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God.

Deuteronomy 33:13And of Joseph he said, 1 Blessed of the Lord be his land, 1 For the precious things of heaven, for the dew, 1 And for the deep that coucheth beneath, 1

Matthew Henry on Genesis 49:23-28

22 Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall: 23 The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him: 24 But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:) 25 Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings… Read the whole commentary →

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