Deuteronomy 33:13

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11 Bless his substance, Lord,
And ^aaccept the work of his hands;
Strike the loins of those who rise against him,
And of those who hate him, that they rise not again.”

12 Of Benjamin he said:
“The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by Him,
Who shelters him all the day long;
And he shall dwell between His shoulders.”

13 And of Joseph he said:
^a“Blessed of the Lord is his land,
With the precious things of heaven, with the ^bdew,
And the deep lying beneath,

14 With the precious fruits of the sun,
With the precious produce of the months,

15 With the best things of ^athe ancient mountains,
With the precious things ^bof the everlasting hills,

16 With the precious things of the earth and its fullness,
And the favor of ^aHim who dwelt in the bush.
Let the blessing come ^b‘on the head of Joseph,
And on the crown of the head of him who was separate from his brothers.’

17 His glory is like a ^afirstborn bull,
And his horns like the ^bhorns of the wild ox;
Together with them
^cHe shall push the peoples
To the ends of the earth;
^dThey are the ten thousands of Ephraim,
And they are the thousands of Manasseh.”

18 And of Zebulun he said:
^a“Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out,
And Issachar in your tents!

19 They shall ^acall the peoples to the mountain;
There ^bthey shall offer sacrifices of righteousness;
For they shall partake of the abundance of the seas
And of treasures hidden in the sand.”

20 And of Gad he said:
“Blessed is he who ^aenlarges Gad;
He dwells as a lion,
And tears the arm and the crown of his head.

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Adam Clarke

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Deuteronomy 33:13

Blessed - be his land - The whole of this passage certainly relates to the peculiar fertility of the soil in the portion that fell to this tribe which, the Jews say, yielded a greater abundance of all good things than any other part of the promised land.

The precious things of heaven - The peculiar mildness and salubrity of its atmosphere.

For the dew - A plentiful supply of which was a great blessing in the dry soil of a hot climate. The deep that coucheth beneath - Probably referring to the plentiful supply of water which should be found in digging wells: hence the Septuagint have , fountains of the deeps. Some suppose there has been a slight change made in the word mittal , for the dew, which was probably at first meal , From Above, and then the passage would read thus: For the precious things of heaven From Above, and for the deep that coucheth Beneath. This reading is confirmed by several of Kennicott' s and De Rossi' s MSS. The Syriac and Chaldee have both readings: The dew of heaven from above.

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