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15 May he bless it with the best products of the age-old mountains.
    May he bless it with the many crops of the ancient hills.
16 May he bless it with the best gifts that fill the earth.
    May he bless it with the favor of the God who spoke out of the burning bush.
Let all these blessings rest on the head of Joseph.
    Let them rest on the head of the one who is prince among his brothers.
17 His glory is like the glory of a bull born first to its mother.
    His horns are like the horns of a wild ox.
He will use them to destroy the nations.
    He’ll wipe out the nations that are very far away.
The ten thousands of men in Ephraim’s army are like the bull and the ox.
    So are the thousands in the army 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