Genesis 49:22 - John Wesley's Notes

Genesis 49:22

20 “Bread from ^aAsher shall be rich,
And he shall yield royal dainties.

21 “Naphtali^a is a deer let loose;
He uses beautiful words.

22 “Joseph is a fruitful bough,
A fruitful bough by a well;
His branches run over the wall.

23 The archers have ^abitterly grieved him,
Shot at him and hated him.

24 But his ^abow remained in strength,
And the arms of his hands were¹ made strong
By the hands of ^bthe Mighty God of Jacob
^c(From there ^dis the Shepherd, ^ethe Stone of Israel),

25 ^aBy the God of your father who will help you,
^bAnd by the Almighty ^cwho will bless you
With blessings of heaven above,
Blessings of the deep that lies beneath,
Blessings of the breasts and of the womb.

26 The blessings of your father
Have excelled the blessings of my ancestors,
^aUp to the utmost bound of the everlasting hills.
^bThey shall be on the head of Joseph,
And on the crown of the head of him who was separate from his brothers.

27 “Benjamin is a ^aravenous wolf;
In the morning he shall devour the prey,
^bAnd at night he shall divide the spoil.”

28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father spoke to them. And he blessed them; he blessed each one according to his own blessing.

Jacob’s Death and Burial

29 Then he charged them and said to them: “I ^aam to be gathered to my people; ^bbury me with my fathers ^cin the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

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Genesis 49:22

Joseph is a fruitful bough, or young tree, for God had made him fruitful in the land of his affliction, as branches of a vine, or other spreading plant, running over the wall.

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