And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon,
Parallel translations
- WEB for the precious things of the fruits of the sun, for the precious things that the moon can yield,
- 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 ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
- Lev 26:4Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
- Ps 8:3When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
- 2 Sam 23:4And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
- Ps 104:19He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
- Rev 22:2In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
- Ps 84:11For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
- Ps 65:9–13Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.
- 1 Tim 6:17Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
- Acts 14:17Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
- Deut 28:8The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
- Mal 4:2But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
- Ps 74:16The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
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