Genesis 49:25-26

New Catholic Bible

²⁵From the God of your father who helps you
    and God Almighty
who blesses you with blessings from the heavens above,
    blessings of the deep that lie below,
    blessings of breasts and womb.
²⁶The blessings of your father,
    are mighty beyond the blessings of the eternal mountains,
    the boundaries of the everlasting hills;
may they come upon the head of Joseph
    upon the crown of the head of the prince among his brothers.

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Genesis 49:25-26

New International Version

²⁵because of your father’s God,^(A) who helps^(B) you,
    because of the Almighty,^[a]^(C) who blesses you
with blessings of the skies above,
    blessings of the deep springs below,^(D)
    blessings of the breast^(E) and womb.^(F)
²⁶Your father’s blessings are greater
    than the blessings of the ancient mountains,
    than^[b] the bounty of the age-old hills.^(G)
Let all these rest on the head of Joseph,^(H)
    on the brow of the prince among^[c] his brothers.^(I)

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Footnotes

Genesis 49:25 Hebrew Shaddai
Genesis 49:26 Or of my progenitors, / as great as
Genesis 49:26 Or of the one separated from

Genesis 49:25-26

King James Version

²⁵Even 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:

²⁶The 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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