Concerning Joseph he said: “May his land be blessed by the LORD with the precious dew from heaven above and the deep waters that lie beneath,
Parallel translations
- WEB About Joseph he said, “His land is blessed by Yahweh, for the precious things of the heavens, for the dew, for the deep that couches beneath,
- KJV And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath,
- NKJV And of Joseph he said: “Blessed of the Lord is his land, With the precious things of heaven, with the dew, And the deep lying beneath,
- NASB Of Joseph he said, “Blessed of the Lord be his land, With the choice things of heaven, with the dew, And from the deep waters lying beneath,
- NLT Moses said this about the tribes of Joseph: “May their land be blessed by the Lord with the precious gift of dew from the heavens and water from beneath the earth;
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Quick answer
Joseph's land is richly blessed by Yahweh with the bounty of heaven and the deep waters below. His blessing is one of extraordinary fruitfulness.
Overview
Joseph (through Ephraim and Manasseh) receives the fullest blessing, beginning with the precious gift of fertile land watered from above and below. This abundance echoes Jacob's blessing on Joseph (Gen. 49:25). All such material blessing ultimately flows from God the giver, and points to the greater spiritual riches lavished on God's people in Christ (Eph. 1:3).
Cross-references & the web
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- Gen 49:22–26Joseph is a fruitful vine—a fruitful vine by a spring, whose branches scale the wall.
- Mic 5:7Then the remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples like dew from the LORD, like showers on the grass, which do not wait for man or linger for mankind.
- Prov 3:20By His knowledge the watery depths were broken open, and the clouds dripped with dew.
- Hos 14:5I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.
- Isa 18:4For this is what the LORD has told me: “I will quietly look on from My dwelling place, like shimmering heat in the sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”
- Prov 19:12A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
- Zech 8:12“For the seed will be prosperous, the vine will yield its fruit, the ground will yield its produce, and the skies will give their dew. To the remnant of this people I will give all these things as an inheritance.
- Ps 110:3Your people shall be willing on Your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, to You belongs the dew of Your youth.
- Job 29:19My roots will spread out to the waters, and the dew will rest nightly on my branches.
- Gen 48:15–20Then he blessed Joseph and said: “May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,
- Gen 27:28–29May God give to you the dew of heaven and the richness of the earth—an abundance of grain and new wine.
- Gen 48:9Joseph said to his father, “They are the sons God has given me in this place.” So Jacob said, “Please bring them to me, that I may bless them.”
- Deut 32:2Let my teaching fall like rain and my speech settle like dew, like gentle rain on new grass, like showers on tender plants.
- Gen 48:5And now your two sons born to you in Egypt before I came to you here shall be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine.
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