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Genesis 49:26

The blessings of your father have prevailed above the blessings of your ancestors, 2 above the boundaries of the ancient hills. 1 They will be on the head of Joseph [May he add], 2 on the crown of the head of him who is separated from his brothers. 1 (6)

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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

25even by the God of your father, who will help you; 2 by Shaddai [Almighty], who will bless you, 1 with blessings of heaven above, 2 blessings of the deep that lies below, 2 blessings of the breasts, and of the rachamim ·womb of compassionate loves·. 1

27“Benjamin [Son of right hand, Son of south] is a ravenous wolf. 2 In the morning he will devour the prey. 2 At evening he will divide the plunder.”

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Cross References

Genesis 27:27He came near, and kissed him. He smelled the smell of his clothing, and blessed him, and said, 1 “Behold, the smell of my son 2 is as the smell of a field which Adonai has blessed. 1 (6)

Genesis 28:3May El Shaddai [God Almighty] bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, that you may be a company of peoples,

Numbers 6:2“Speak to the children of Israel [God prevails], and tell them: ‘When either man or woman shall make a special vow, the vow of a Nazarite ·Consecrated·, to separate himself to Adonai,

Psalms 89:36His offspring will endure forever, 2 his throne like the sun before me. 1

Psalms 132:18I will clothe his enemies with shame, 2 but on himself, his crown will be resplendent.”

Isaiah 66:5Sh'ma ·Hear obey· Adonai’s word, 2 you who tremble at his word: 1 “Your brothers who hate you, 2 who cast you out for my name’s sake, have said, 1 ‘Let Adonai be glorified, 2 that we may see your joy;’ 2 but it is those who shall be disappointed. 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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