Chapter 49
Genesis 49:22
Verse
RBT Translation:
Builder of she-who-bears-fruit He-Adds builder of she-who-bears-fruit1372 upon an eye; built-ones have marched upon the wall.
LITV Translation:
Joseph is a fruitful son, a fruitful son by a spring; his branches run over a wall.
Joseph is a fruitful son, a fruitful son by a spring; his branches run over a wall.
ESV Translation:
“Joseph is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough by a spring; his branches run over the wall.
“Joseph is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough by a spring; his branches run over the wall.
Brenton Septuagint Translation:
Joseph is a son increased; My dearly loved son is increased; My youngest son, Turn to me.
Joseph is a son increased; My dearly loved son is increased; My youngest son, Turn to me.
Footnotes
| 1372 | Parah - City in Benjamin Strong’s #6509, parah. In the feminine singular participle form, this is also the word for heifer, cow #6510 parah. Also a city Parah in the tribe of Builder-of-Right #6511, Josh. 18:23. The Hebrew places Joseph(He-adds) in between the same two clauses, בֵּ֤ן פֹּרָת֙ יוֹסֵ֔ף בֵּ֥ן פֹּרָ֖ת The image evoked is strikingly similar to Hagar: “a messenger of YAHWEH is finding her over an eye of the Dual-Waters in the Wilderness, over the Eye in the Road of Wall” Gen. 16:7. See also the slave with the camels in Gen 24:13. |