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15 with the finest produce of the ancient mountains,
    and the abundance of the everlasting hills,
16 with the most precious gifts of the earth and its fullness,
    with his pleasures that are found in the bushes.
May these blessings come upon the head of Joseph,
    upon the crown of the head of the one who was different from his brothers.
17 As with the firstborn of his ox, majesty is his;
and his horns are like the horns of the wild ox;
with them he will push the peoples together to the ends of the earth.
They are the thousands upon thousands of Ephraim,
    and the thousands of Manasseh.

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15 with the choicest gifts of the ancient mountains(A)
    and the fruitfulness of the everlasting hills;
16 with the best gifts of the earth and its fullness
    and the favor of him who dwelt in the burning bush.(B)
Let all these rest on the head of Joseph,
    on the brow of the prince among[a] his brothers.(C)
17 In majesty he is like a firstborn bull;
    his horns(D) are the horns of a wild ox.(E)
With them he will gore(F) the nations,
    even those at the ends of the earth.
Such are the ten thousands of Ephraim;(G)
    such are the thousands of Manasseh.(H)

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 33:16 Or of the one separated from