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20     Asher’s food will be rich and delicious,
        and he will produce royal delicacies.

21     Naphtali is a beautiful doe, wild and free,
        that bears lovely fawns.[a]

22     Joseph is a fruitful plant[b] that grows beside a spring,
        its fruitful branches reaching over the wall.

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  1. 49:21 Meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.
  2. 49:22 Meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.

20 “Asher’s(A) food will be rich;(B)
    he will provide delicacies fit for a king.(C)

21 “Naphtali(D) is a doe set free
    that bears beautiful fawns.[a](E)

22 “Joseph(F) is a fruitful vine,(G)
    a fruitful vine near a spring,
    whose branches(H) climb over a wall.[b]

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  1. Genesis 49:21 Or free; / he utters beautiful words
  2. Genesis 49:22 Or Joseph is a wild colt, / a wild colt near a spring, / a wild donkey on a terraced hill