Genesis 49:22

Translations

Modern

Joseph is a fruitful vine—a fruitful vine by a spring, whose branches scale the wall.

Traditional

Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:

Literal

Joseph is a son of fruitfulness, a son of fruitfulness by a spring; daughters march over the wall.

Latin

Filius accrescens Joseph, filius accrescens et decorus aspectu: filiæ discurrerunt super murum.

Original

Hebrew

English

Joseph is a fruitful vine—a fruitful vine by a spring, whose branches scale the wall.

Notes

Genesis 49:22–26

This message about Joseph is longer and more detailed than the others, because it contains the main blessing(see 1 Chronicles 5:1–2). Jacob gave Joseph many promises of victory and success.

Some from the tribe of Ephraim who later won victories in battle include Joshua (Joshua 6, 8, 10, 12) and Deborah (Judges 4). From the tribe of Manasseh, Gideon (Judges 6–8) and Jephthah (Judges 11:1–12:7) were also victorious leaders.

Genesis 49:1–28

By faith, and as one who speaks for God, Jacob looked ahead to Israel’s future in the land and beyond to a greater future still.

At the end of the time of the patriarchs (the early fathers of Israel), he spoke about what would happen to each tribe. He did this as he considered each of his sons, one by one, just as Noah had done earlier (compare 9:25–27).

The character and actions of each ancestor affected the lives of their descendants (Exodus 20:5–6; 34:6–7; Numbers 14:18; Jeremiah 32:18).

Theme notes and profiles

Egypt Jacob Joseph Blessing Symbolic Numbers

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And the second son he named Ephraim, saying, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
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Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table.
Psalm 1:1–3
Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.
Joshua 17:14–17
Then the sons of Joseph said to Joshua, “Why have you given us only one portion as an inheritance? We have many people, because the LORD has blessed us abundantly.”
Joshua 16:1–10
The allotment for the descendants of Joseph extended from the Jordan at Jericho to the waters of Jericho on the east, through the wilderness that goes up from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel.
Genesis 30:22–24
Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb,
Genesis 46:27
And with the two sons who had been born to Joseph in Egypt, the members of Jacob’s family who went to Egypt were seventy in all.
Genesis 48:1
Some time later Joseph was told, “Your father is ill.” So he set out with his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
Psalm 128:1
A song of ascents. Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in His ways!
Ezekiel 19:11
It had strong branches, fit for a ruler’s scepter. It towered high above the thick branches, conspicuous for its height and for its dense foliage.
Numbers 32:1–42
Now the Reubenites and Gadites, who had very large herds and flocks, surveyed the lands of Jazer and Gilead, and they saw that the region was suitable for livestock.
Genesis 48:19–20
But his father refused. “I know, my son, I know!” he said. “He too shall become a people, and he too shall be great; nevertheless, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude of nations.”

People

Joseph: Son of Jacob, ruler in Egypt

Glossary

Birthright Book of Exodus Branch Concubinage, Concubines Genesis, Book of Jacob Joshua, Book of Patriarchs, Period of the Poetry, Biblical Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs

Topics

Children: Male: Received the Blessing of Their Father Before his Death Death: Scenes of Death of Jacob Jacob: His Final Prophetic Benedictions Upon his Sons: Joseph Parents: Paternal Blessings of Jacob Patriarchal Government: Exercised in Blessing and Cursing Their Children the Tribe of Manasseh: Predictions Respecting The Tribes of Israel: Predictions Respecting Each of Wells: (A Fruitful Bough By) of Joseph's Numerous Posterity Wells: Surrounded by Trees

Genesis 49:22

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