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Genesis 49:26-28
English Standard Version Anglicised
Genesis 49:26-28
English Standard Version Anglicised
26 The blessings of your father
are mighty beyond the blessings of my parents,
up to the bounties (A)of the everlasting hills.[a]
May they be (B)on the head of Joseph,
and on the brow of him who was set apart from his brothers.
27 (C)“Benjamin is a ravenous wolf,
in the morning devouring the prey
and at evening (D)dividing the spoil.”
Jacob's Death and Burial
28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel. This is what their father said to them as he blessed them, blessing each with the blessing suitable to him.
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- Genesis 49:26 A slight emendation yields (compare Septuagint) the blessings of the eternal mountains, the bounties of the everlasting hills
Genesis 49:26-28
New International Version
Genesis 49:26-28
New International Version
26 Your father’s blessings are greater
than the blessings of the ancient mountains,
than[a] the bounty of the age-old hills.(A)
Let all these rest on the head of Joseph,(B)
on the brow of the prince among[b] his brothers.(C)
27 “Benjamin(D) is a ravenous wolf;(E)
in the morning he devours the prey,(F)
in the evening he divides the plunder.”(G)
28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel,(H) and this is what their father said to them when he blessed them, giving each the blessing(I) appropriate to him.
Footnotes
- Genesis 49:26 Or of my progenitors, / as great as
- Genesis 49:26 Or of the one separated from
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