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Genesis 49:22

Joseph

20 Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.

21 Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.

Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:

23 The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:

24 But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)

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BSB
Joseph is a fruitful vine— a fruitful vine by a spring, whose branches scale the wall.
KJV
Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:
WEB
“Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine by a spring. His branches run over the wall.
ASV
Joseph is a fruitful bough, A fruitful bough by a fountain; His branches run over the wall.
DARBY
Joseph is a fruitful bough; A fruitful bough by a well; [His] branches shoot over the wall.
BLB
Joseph [is] a son of fruitfulness, a son of fruitfulness by a spring; daughters march over the wall.
ÅB
Et ungt frukttre er Josef, et ungt frukttre ved kilden; greinene skyter ut over muren.
OTB
«Josef er en fruktbar gren, en fruktbar gren ved en kilde; dens grener løper over en mur.
B1930
Et ungt frukttre er Josef, et ungt frukttre ved kilden; grenene skyter ut over muren.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Genesis 41:52

    And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.

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  • Psalms 128:3

    Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.

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  • Psalms 1:1–3

    Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

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  • Joshua 16:1–10

    And the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by Jericho, unto the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goeth up from Jericho throughout mount Beth-el,

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  • Joshua 17:14–17

    And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed me hitherto?

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  • Genesis 46:27

    And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten.

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  • Genesis 30:22–24

    And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.

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  • Genesis 48:19–20

    And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.

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