for the precious things of the fruits of the sun, for the precious things that the moon can yield,
Parallel translations
- KJV And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon,
- BSB with the bountiful harvest from the sun and the abundant yield of the seasons,
- NKJV With the precious fruits of the sun, With the precious produce of the months,
- NASB And with the choice yield of the sun, And the choice produce of the months;
- NLT with the rich fruit that grows in the sun, and the rich harvest produced each month;
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Quick answer
Joseph's blessing includes the choice produce ripened by sun and moon. The seasons and heavens are enlisted to enrich his land.
Overview
The "fruits of the sun" and yield of the "moon" picture crops brought to ripeness through the regular cycles of nature God ordained. Joseph's prosperity is portrayed as comprehensive, drawing on every source of natural blessing. It testifies that God, the Lord of creation, generously provides for His people through the ordered world He sustains (Ps. 65:9-13).
Cross-references & the web
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- Matt 5:45that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.
- Lev 26:4then I will give you your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
- Ps 8:3When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained;
- 2 Sam 23:4shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun rises, a morning without clouds, when the tender grass springs out of the earth, through clear shining after rain.’
- Ps 104:19He appointed the moon for seasons. The sun knows when to set.
- Rev 22:2in the middle of its street. On this side of the river and on that was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruits, yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
- Ps 84:11For Yahweh God is a sun and a shield. Yahweh will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.
- Ps 65:9–13You visit the earth, and water it. You greatly enrich it. The river of God is full of water. You provide them grain, for so you have ordained it.
- 1 Tim 6:17Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be haughty, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy;
- Acts 14:17Yet he didn’t leave himself without witness, in that he did good and gave you rains from the sky and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.”
- Deut 28:8Yahweh will command the blessing on you in your barns, and in all that you put your hand to. He will bless you in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
- Mal 4:2But to you who fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings. You will go out, and leap like calves of the stall.
- Ps 74:16The day is yours, the night is also yours. You have prepared the light and the sun.
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