Genesis 49:22
Joseph is a fruitful bough, 1 a fruitful bough near a spring, 1 whose branches climb over the wall. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
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 doe let loose; 1 he will have beautiful fawns. 1
23The archers will attack him 1 and shoot at him and harass him. 1
Cross References
Genesis 41:52He called the name of the second son Ephraim, for he said, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
Genesis 48:1It came about after these things, that one said to Joseph, “Look, your father is sick.” So he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
Genesis 48:15Israel blessed Joseph, saying, 1 “The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, 1 the God who has cared for me to this day, 1
Genesis 48:19His father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know. He also will become a people, and he also will be great. Yet his younger brother will be greater than he, and his descendants will become a multitude of nations.”
Deuteronomy 33:13About Joseph, Moses said: 1 May his land be blessed by Yahweh 1 with the precious things of heaven, with the dew, 1 and with the deep that lies beneath. 1
Joshua 17:14Then the descendants of Joseph said to Joshua, saying, “Why have you given us only one assignment of land and one portion for an inheritance, since we are a people great in number, and all along Yahweh has blessed 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 →