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Joseph

22 “Joseph is like a wild donkey,
    like a young donkey by a spring,
    like colts grazing in a pasture.[a]
23 People attacked him and made life hard for him.
    Men with arrows became his enemies.
24 But he won the fight
    with his mighty bow and his skillful arms.
He gets power from the Mighty One of Jacob,
    from the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 49:22 Or “Joseph is very successful. Joseph is like a vine covered with fruit, like a vine growing by a spring, like a vine growing along a fence.”

22 “Joseph(A) is a fruitful vine,(B)
    a fruitful vine near a spring,
    whose branches(C) climb over a wall.[a]
23 With bitterness archers attacked him;(D)
    they shot at him with hostility.(E)
24 But his bow remained steady,(F)
    his strong arms(G) stayed[b] limber,
because of the hand of the Mighty One of Jacob,(H)
    because of the Shepherd,(I) the Rock of Israel,(J)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 49:22 Or Joseph is a wild colt, / a wild colt near a spring, / a wild donkey on a terraced hill
  2. Genesis 49:24 Or archers will attack … will shoot … will remain … will stay