Genesis 49:22–26

22 “Joseph is ba fruitful bough,

a fruitful bough by a spring;

his branches run over the wall.5

23 The archers cbitterly attacked him,

shot at him, and harassed him severely,

24 yet dhis bow remained unmoved;

his arms6 were made agile

by the hands of the eMighty One of Jacob

(from there is fthe Shepherd,7 gthe Stone of Israel),

25 hby the God of your father who will help you,

by ithe Almighty8 jwho will bless you

with blessings of heaven above,

blessings of the deep that crouches beneath,

blessings of the breasts and of the womb.

26 The blessings of your father

are mighty beyond the blessings of my parents,

up to the bounties kof the everlasting hills.9

May they be lon the head of Joseph,

and on the brow of him who was set apart from his brothers.

b	Ge 41:52 Jos 17:14 Jos 17:18
5	Or Joseph is a wild donkey, a wild donkey beside a spring, his wild colts beside the wall
c	Ge 37:24 Ge 37:28 Ge 39:20
d	Job 29:20
6	Hebrew the arms of his hands
e	Ps 132:2 Ps 132:5 Is 1:24
f	Ps 23:1 Ps 80:1
7	Or by the name of the Shepherd
g	Is 28:16 Eph 2:20 1 Pe 2:4 Dt 32:4
h	Ge 35:3 Ge 50:17
i	Ge 17:1 Ge 35:11
8	Hebrew Shaddai
j	Dt 33:13
k	Dt 33:15 Hab 3:6
9	A slight emendation yields (compare Septuagint) the blessings of the eternal mountains, the bounties of the everlasting hills
l	Dt 33:16