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22     Joseph is [a]a fruitful bough,
A fruitful bough by a fountain;
His [b]branches run over the wall.
23 The archers have sorely grieved him,
And shot at him, and persecuted him:
24 But his bow abode in strength,
And the arms of his hands were made [c]strong,
By the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob
[d](From thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel),

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 49:22 Hebrew the son of a fruitful tree.
  2. Genesis 49:22 Hebrew daughters.
  3. Genesis 49:24 Or, active
  4. Genesis 49:24 Or, From thence, from the shepherd. Or, as otherwise read, By the name of the shepherd