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24 yet his bow remained unmoved,
    his arms[a] were made agile
by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob
    (by the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel),
25 by the God of your father who will help you,
    by God Almighty[b] who will bless you
    with blessings of heaven above,
blessings of the deep that couches beneath,
    blessings of the breasts and of the womb.
26 The blessings of your father
    are mighty beyond the blessings of the eternal mountains,[c]
    the bounties of the everlasting hills;
may they be on the head of Joseph,
    and on the brow of him who was separate from his brothers.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 49:24 Heb the arms of his hands
  2. Genesis 49:25 Heb El Shaddai
  3. Genesis 49:26 Compare Gk: Heb of my progenitors to

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