Genesis 49:25

The God of your father will help you 1 and the Almighty God will bless you 1 with blessings of the sky above, 1 blessings of the deep that lies beneath, 1 and blessings of the breasts and 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 will remain steady, 1 and his hands will be skillful 1 because of the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, 1 because of the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel. 1

26The blessings of your father 1 are greater than the blessings of the ancient mountains 1 or the desirable things of the ancient hills. 1 May they be on the head of Joseph, 1 even upon the crown of the head of the prince of his brothers. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 17:1When Abram was ninety-nine years old, Yahweh appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty. Walk before me, and be blameless.

Genesis 28:13Behold, Yahweh stood above it and said, “I am Yahweh, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac. The land on which you are lying, I will give to you and to your descendants.

Genesis 35:3Then let us depart and go up to Bethel. I will build an altar there to God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and has been with me wherever I have gone.”

Genesis 43:23The steward said, “Peace be to you, do not fear. Your God and the God of your father must have put your money in your sacks. I received your money.” The steward then brought Simeon out to them.

Deuteronomy 28:2All these blessings will come on you and overtake you, if you listen to the voice of Yahweh your God.

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

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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