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Genesis 49:26

WEB

26The blessings of your father have prevailed above the blessings of my ancestors, above the boundaries of the ancient hills. They will be on the head of Joseph, on the crown of the head of him who is separated from his brothers.

KJV

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.

BSB

26The blessings of your father have surpassed the blessings of the ancient mountains [+] and the bounty of the everlasting hills. May they rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince of his brothers.

FBV

26[+] The blessings your father received were greater than the blessings of his forefathers, more than the blessings of the eternal mountains.[+] May they be upon the head of Joseph, on the forehead of the one set apart as a leader from his brothers.

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Book of Genesis Summary: A Complete Animated Overview (Part 2) - BibleProject

Extra References

Deuteronomy 33:15-16

15for the best things of the ancient mountains, for the precious things of the everlasting hills, 16for the precious things of the earth and its fullness, the good will of him who lived in the bush.Let this come [+] on the head of Joseph, on the crown of the head of him who was separated from his brothers.


Habakkuk 3:6

6He stood, and shook the earth. He looked, and made the nations tremble. The ancient mountains were crumbled. The age-old hills collapsed. His ways are eternal.


Isaiah 66:5

5Hear the LORD’s word, you who tremble at his word: Your brothers who hate you, who cast you out for my name’s sake, have said, ‘Let the LORD be glorified, that we may see your joy;’ but it is those who shall be disappointed.


Genesis 28:3-4

3May God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, that you may be a company of peoples, 4and give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your offspring with you, that you may inherit the land where you travel, which God gave to Abraham.”


Jonah 2:6

6I went down to the bottoms of the mountains. The earth barred me in forever; yet you have brought my life up from the pit, LORD my God.


Psalms 132:18

18I will clothe his enemies with shame, but on himself, his crown will shine.”


Ezekiel 37:25-26

25They will dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob my servant, in which your fathers lived. They will dwell therein, they, and their children, and their children’s children, forever. David my servant will be their prince forever. 26Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them. It will be an everlasting covenant with them. I will place them, multiply them, and will set my sanctuary among them forever more.


Isaiah 54:10

10For the mountains may depart, and the hills be removed, but my loving kindness will not depart from you, and my covenant of peace will not be removed,” says the LORD who has mercy on you.


Genesis 27:27-29

27He came near, and kissed him. He smelled the smell of his clothing, and blessed him, and said, Behold, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD has blessed. 28God give you of the dew of the sky, of the fatness of the earth, and plenty of grain and new wine. 29Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers. Let your mother’s sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you. Blessed be everyone who blesses you.”


Genesis 37:28

28Midianites who were merchants passed by, and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. The merchants brought Joseph into Egypt.