48:19 But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know. He too will become a nation and he too will become great. In spite of this, his younger brother will be even greater and his descendants will become a multitude
49:22 Joseph is a fruitful bough,
a fruitful bough near a spring
whose branches
49:23 The archers will attack him,
they will shoot at him and oppose him.
49:24 But his bow will remain steady,
and his hands
because of the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob,
because of
49:25 because of the God of your father,
who will help you,
because of the sovereign God,
who will bless you
with blessings from the sky above,
blessings from the deep that lies below,
and blessings of the breasts and womb.
49:26 The blessings of your father are greater
than
or the desirable things of the age-old hills.
They will be on the head of Joseph
and on the brow of the prince of his brothers.