with the bountiful harvest from the sun and the abundant yield of the seasons,
Parallel translations
- WEB for the precious things of the fruits of the sun, for the precious things that the moon can yield,
- KJV And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon,
- 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 sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
- Lev 26:4I will give you rains in their season, and the land will yield its produce, and the trees of the field will bear their fruit.
- Ps 8:3When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place—
- 2 Sam 23:4is like the light of the morning at sunrise of a cloudless dawn, the glistening after the rain on the sprouting grass of the earth.’
- Ps 104:19He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows when to set.
- Rev 22:2down the middle of the main street of the city. On either side of the river stood a tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit and yielding a fresh crop for each month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.
- Ps 84:11For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
- Ps 65:9–13You attend to the earth and water it; with abundance You enrich it. The streams of God are full of water, for You prepare our grain by providing for the earth.
- 1 Tim 6:17Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.
- Acts 14:17Yet He has not left Himself without testimony to His goodness: He gives you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.”
- Deut 28:8The LORD will decree a blessing on your barns and on everything to which you put your hand; the LORD your God will bless you in the land He is giving you.
- Mal 4:2“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.
- Ps 74:16The day is Yours, and also the night; You established the moon and the sun.
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