Genesis 49:26
The 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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Genesis 27:27Jacob came near and kissed him, and he smelled the smell of his clothes and blessed him. He said, 1 “See, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that Yahweh has blessed. 1
Genesis 28:3May God Almighty bless you, make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a multitude of peoples.
Numbers 6:2“Speak to the people of Israel. Say to them, 'When a man or a woman separates himself to Yahweh with a special vow of a Nazirite,
Psalms 89:36his descendants will continue forever 1 and his throne as long as the sun before me. 1
Psalms 132:18I will clothe his enemies with shame, 1 but on him his crown will shine.”
Isaiah 66:5Hear the word of Yahweh, you who tremble at his word, 1 “Your brothers who hate and exclude you for my name's sake have said, 1 'May Yahweh be glorified, then we will see your joy,' 1 but they will be put to shame. 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 →