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Genesis 49:22

בֵּן פֹּרָת יֹוסֵף בֵּן פֹּרָת עֲלֵי עָיִן בָּנֹות צָעֲדָה עֲלֵי שׁוּר
Builder of she-who-bears-fruit He-Adds builder of she-who-bears-fruit1372 upon an eye; built-ones have marched upon the wall.
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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.