Genesis 49:22
Joseph, he is a fruitful branch, a fruitful branch by a spring, his tendrils run over the wall.
Open English Bible (UK)
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, he is a flourishing terebinth, that sends forth beautiful branches.
23They bitterly attack, they shoot at him. The archers hatefully assail him,
Cross References
Genesis 41:52He named the second son Ephraim, for he said, ‘God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.’
Genesis 48:1Now after these things, Joseph was told, ‘Your father is sick.’ So he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
Genesis 48:15He then blessed Joseph, saying, ‘The God whom my forefathers Abraham and Isaac revered and served, the God who has been my shepherd all my life long unto this day,
Genesis 48:19But his father refused and said, ‘I know, my son, I know, he also will become a people, and he will be great, but his younger brother will be greater than he, and his descendants will become a populous nation.’
Joshua 17:14Then the Josephites complained to Joshua, ‘Why have you allotted us only one part as our inheritance, when we are a large tribe, since the Lord has been prospering us?’
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 →