25 (A)by the God of your father who will help you,
    by (B)the Almighty[a] (C)who will bless you
    with blessings of heaven above,
blessings of the deep that crouches beneath,
    blessings of the breasts and of the womb.
26 The blessings of your father
    are mighty beyond the blessings of my parents,
    up to the bounties (D)of the everlasting hills.[b]
May they be (E)on the head of Joseph,
    and on the brow of him who was set apart from his brothers.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 49:25 Hebrew Shaddai
  2. Genesis 49:26 A slight emendation yields (compare Septuagint) the blessings of the eternal mountains, the bounties of the everlasting hills

21 By faith (A)Jacob, when dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, (B)bowing in worship over the head of his staff.

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and prepare for me delicious food, such as I love, and bring it to me so that I may eat, that my soul (A)may bless you before I die.”

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