Genesis 49:20-33

English Standard Version

^20 (A)“Asher's food shall be rich,
    and he shall yield royal delicacies.

^21 (B)“Naphtali is a doe let loose
    that bears beautiful fawns.^[a]

²² “Joseph is ^(C)a fruitful bough,
    a fruitful bough by a spring;
    his branches run over the wall.^[b]
23 The archers ^(D)bitterly attacked him,
    shot at him, and harassed him severely,
²⁴ yet ^(E)his bow remained unmoved;
    his arms^[c] were made agile
by the hands of the ^(F)Mighty One of Jacob
    (from there is ^(G)the Shepherd,^{[d] (H)}the Stone of Israel),
^25 (I)by the God of your father who will help you,
    by ^(J)the Almighty^{[e] (K)}who will bless you
    with blessings of heaven above,
blessings of the deep that crouches beneath,
    blessings of the breasts and of the womb.
²⁶ The blessings of your father
    are mighty beyond the blessings of my parents,
    up to the bounties ^(L)of the everlasting hills.^[f]
May they be ^(M)on the head of Joseph,
    and on the brow of him who was set apart from his brothers.

^27 (N)“Benjamin is a ravenous wolf,
    in the morning devouring the prey
    and at evening ^(O)dividing the spoil.”