13-17 Joseph:

“Blessed by God be his land:
    The best fresh dew from high heaven,
    and fountains springing from the depths;
The best radiance streaming from the sun
    and the best the moon has to offer;
Beauty pouring off the tops of the mountains
    and the best from the everlasting hills;
The best of Earth’s exuberant gifts,
    the smile of the Burning-Bush Dweller.
All this on the head of Joseph,
    on the brow of the set-apart one among his brothers.
In splendor he’s like a firstborn bull,
    his horns the horns of a wild ox;
He’ll gore the nations with those horns,
    push them all to the ends of the Earth.
Ephraim by the ten thousands will do this,
    Manasseh by the thousands will do this.”

18-19 Zebulun and Issachar:

“Celebrate, Zebulun, as you go out,
    and Issachar, as you stay home.
They’ll invite people to the Mountain
    and offer sacrifices of right worship,
For they will have hauled riches in from the sea
    and gleaned treasures from the beaches.”

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

18 About Zebulun(H) he said:

“Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out,
    and you, Issachar,(I) in your tents.

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Footnotes

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