With Joseph's wheat stalk standing up at harvest time, I have a special interest in these things. So I am going to show you Jacob's blessing to his son Joseph. We are going to compare the "flowery" King James Version to what the words in Genesis 49: 22 actually say.
You may not understand why I am showing this to you now, but I do. So for now, call it a lesson in searching the scriptures for yourself in order to understand them. |
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| Genesis 49: 22 |
| בן |
son |
Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:
Joseph is a fruitful son, a fruitful son in my eye; daughters run on the wall: |
| פרת |
a fruitful |
| יוסף |
Joseph |
| בן |
son |
| פרת |
a fruitful |
| עלי |
in, on, over, beside |
| עין |
an eye |
| בנות |
women, daughters |
| צעדה |
run |
| עלי |
in, on, over, beside |
| שור |
a wall |
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| Genesis 49: 23 |
| וימררהו |
have sorely grieved him |
The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:
The archers, in this case, are daughters running on the wall (see verse above). |
| ורבו |
and shot, or attacked |
| וישטמהו |
and harassed, or hated |
| בעלי |
the archers, the leaders, the men |
| חצימ |
arrows |
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| Genesis 49: 24 |
| ותשב |
and sat her down, and sat, and lived, and dwelt, and abode, and remained |
But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)
This "bow" is not just a weapon. It is the same word as is used in rainbow. It has connotations of a promise in the word.
This blessing tells me that YHWH's promise is stronger than their arrows. |
| באיתן |
firm, in strength |
| קשתו |
but his bow, His bow |
| ויפזו |
were made strong, was made strong |
| זרעי |
and the arms, and his arms |
| ידיו |
his hands, with his hands |
| מידי |
by the hands, from the hands, from the power |
| אביר |
of the Mighty One |
| יעקב |
Jacob |
| משם |
in it, from there, there |
| רעה |
was a keeper, fed, was feeding, shepherd, he is tending |
| אבן |
the stone, a stone |
| ישראל |
Israel |
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| KJV Genesis 49: 22-26 |
REVISED - KJV Genesis 49: 22-26 |
22. Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:
23. The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:
24. But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)
25. Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:
26. The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren. |
22. Joseph is a fruitful son, a fruitful son in my eye; daughters run on the wall:
23. The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:
24. But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)
25. Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:
26. The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren. |
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