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Genesis 49:21-23
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Naphtali

21 “Naphtali is like a deer running free,
    and his words are beautiful.

Joseph

22 “Joseph is like a wild donkey,
    like a young donkey by a spring,
    like colts grazing in a pasture.[a]
23 People attacked him and made life hard for him.
    Men with arrows became his enemies.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 49:22 Or “Joseph is very successful. Joseph is like a vine covered with fruit, like a vine growing by a spring, like a vine growing along a fence.”
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Genesis 49:21-23
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21 “Naphtali(A) is a doe set free
    that bears beautiful fawns.[a](B)

22 “Joseph(C) is a fruitful vine,(D)
    a fruitful vine near a spring,
    whose branches(E) climb over a wall.[b]
23 With bitterness archers attacked him;(F)
    they shot at him with hostility.(G)

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Footnotes

  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
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