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 Lordis 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 theblessing come b‘on the head of Joseph, And on the crown of the head of him whowas separate from his brothers.’
17 His glory islike 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.
21aHe provided the first part for himself, Because a lawgiver’s portion was reserved there. bHe came with the heads of the people; He administered the justice of the Lord, And His judgments with Israel.”
22 And of Dan he said: “Dan is a lion’s whelp; aHe shall leap from Bashan.”
23 And of Naphtali he said: “O Naphtali, asatisfied with favor, And full of the blessing of the Lord, bPossess the west and the south.”
24 And of Asher he said: a“Asher is most blessed of sons; Let him be favored by his brothers, And let him bdip his foot in oil.
25 Your sandals shallbeairon and bronze; As your days, soshall your strength be.
26 “Thereisano one like the God of bJeshurun, cWho rides the heavens to help you, And in His excellency on the clouds.
27 The eternal God isyourarefuge, And underneath are the everlasting arms; bHe will thrust out the enemy from before you, And will say, ‘Destroy!’
28 Then aIsrael shall dwell in safety, bThe fountain of Jacob calone, In a land of grain and new wine; His dheavens shall also drop dew.
29aHappy are you, O Israel! bWho is like you, a people saved by the Lord, cThe shield of your help And the sword of your majesty! Your enemies dshall submit to you, And eyou shall tread down their high places.”
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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