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25 Because of the God of your father he will help you
    and by Shaddai[a] he will bless you
    with the blessings of heaven above,
blessings of the deep that crouches beneath,
    blessings of the breasts and the womb.
26 The blessings of your father
    are superior to the blessings of my ancestors,
    to the bounty of the everlasting hills.
May they be on the head of Joseph,
    and on the forehead of the prince of his brothers.
27 Benjamin is a devouring wolf,
    devouring the prey in the morning,
    and dividing the plunder in the evening.

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  1. Genesis 49:25 Or “the Almighty”

25 because of your father’s God,(A) who helps(B) you,
    because of the Almighty,[a](C) who blesses you
with blessings of the skies above,
    blessings of the deep springs below,(D)
    blessings of the breast(E) and womb.(F)
26 Your father’s blessings are greater
    than the blessings of the ancient mountains,
    than[b] the bounty of the age-old hills.(G)
Let all these rest on the head of Joseph,(H)
    on the brow of the prince among[c] his brothers.(I)

27 “Benjamin(J) is a ravenous wolf;(K)
    in the morning he devours the prey,(L)
    in the evening he divides the plunder.”(M)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 49:25 Hebrew Shaddai
  2. Genesis 49:26 Or of my progenitors, / as great as
  3. Genesis 49:26 Or of the one separated from