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26 The blessings of your father are greater than the blessings of
    my parents,[a]
greater than the treasures of the ancient hills.
They will rest on the head of Joseph,
on the forehead of him who is elevated above his brothers.

27 Benjamin is a ravenous wolf.
In the morning he will devour the prey.
At evening he will divide the spoils.

28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father spoke to them when he blessed them. He blessed each one with the appropriate blessing.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 49:26 The Hebrew of the verse is difficult, and some translations emend the text to read greater than the blessings of the ancient mountains.