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Let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph,

And upon the crown of the head of him that is prince among his brethren.

¹⁷His firstling bullock, majesty is his;

And his horns are the horns of the wild-ox;

With them he shall gore the peoples all of them, even the ends of the earth;

And they are the ten thousands of Ephraim,

And they are the thousands of Manasseh.

 

¹⁸And of Zebulun he said:

Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out,

And, Issachar, in thy tents.

¹⁹They shall call peoples unto the mountain;

There shall they offer sacrifices of righteousness;

For they shall suck the abundance of the seas,

And the hidden treasures of the sand.

 

²⁰And of Gad he said:

Blessed be He that enlargeth Gad;

He dwelleth as a lioness,

And teareth the arm, yea, the crown of the head.

²¹And he chose a first part for himself,

For there a portion of a ruler was reserved;

And there came the heads of the people,

He executed the righteousness of the Lord,

And His ordinances with Israel.

 

²²And of Dan he said:

Dan is a lion's whelp,

That leapeth forth from Bashan.

 

²³And of Naphtali he said:

O Naphtali, satisfied with favour,

And full with the blessing of the Lord:

Possess thou the sea and the south.

 

²⁴And of Asher he said:

Blessed be Asher above sons;

Let him be the favoured of his brethren,

And let him dip his foot in oil.

²⁵Iron and brass shall be thy bars;

And as thy days, so shall thy strength be.

 

²⁶There is none like unto God, O Jeshurun,

Who rideth upon the heaven as thy help,

And in His excellency on the skies.

²⁷The eternal God is a dwelling-place,

And underneath are the everlasting arms;

And He thrust out the enemy from before thee,

And said: 'Destroy.'

²⁸And Israel dwelleth in safety,

The fountain of Jacob alone,

In a land of corn and wine;

Yea, his heavens drop down dew.

²⁹Happy art thou, O Israel, who is like unto thee?

A people saved by the Lord,

The shield of thy help,

And that is the sword of thy excellency!

And thine enemies shall dwindle away before thee;

And thou shalt tread upon their high places.

34And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the Lord showed him all the land, even Gilead as far as Dan; ²and all Naphtali, and

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