Genesis 49:26

Birkat Avicha surpass 1 the Birkat of my progenitors 1 unto the utmost border of the giveot olam (everlasting hills); 1 they shall come on the rosh Yosef, 1 and on the brow of the Prince among his achim. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.

In Context

25And from El Avicha, who shall help thee; 1 and Shaddai, who shall make brocha over thee 1 with Birkat Shomayim above, 1 Birkat Tehom that lieth beneath, 1 Birkat Shadayim and of Rekhem. 1

27Binyamin — a ze'ev (wolf) which tears in pieces; 1 in the boker he shall devour the prey, 1 and at erev he shall divide the plunder.

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Cross References

Genesis 27:27And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the reiach (smell) of his begadim, and made a brocha upon him, and said, 1 See, the reiach of beni 1 is as the reiach of a sadeh 1 upon which Hashem hath made a brocha; 1

Genesis 28:3And El Shaddai bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a kahal amim;

Numbers 6:2Speak unto the Bnei Yisroel, and say unto them, When either ish or isha shall separate themselves to vow a neder of a Nazir, to separate themselves unto Hashem;

Psalms 89:36Once have I sworn by My Kodesh; 1 I will not lie unto Dovid. 1

Psalms 132:18His oyevim will I clothe with boshet (shame); 1 but upon him + 132:18 Moshiach shall his nezer (crown) be resplendent.

Isaiah 66:5Hear the Devar Hashem, 1 ye that tremble at His word; 1 Your achim that hated you, 1 that cast you out from them l'ma'an Shemi, said: 1 Let Hashem get honor, 1 that we may see your simcha. 1 But they shall be ashamed. 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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