Genesis 49:26

Translations

Modern

The 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.

Traditional

The 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.

Literal

The blessings of your father have excelled over the blessings of my ancestors up to the utmost bound of the everlasting hills; they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the prince of his brothers.

Latin

Benedictiones patris tui confortatæ sunt benedictionibus patrum ejus, donec veniret desiderium collium æternorum: fiant in capite Joseph, et in vertice Nazaræi inter fratres suos.

Original

Hebrew

English

The 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.

Notes

Genesis 49:26

Joseph … the prince of his brothers: He is a leader among his brothers, showing his strong character and high status.

Genesis 49:24–26

the Mighty One of Jacob … the Shepherd …the Rock of Israel … the God of your father … the Almighty: Five names for God introduce five blessings. God is the giver of all good things.

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 The Priestly Blessing

Related verses

Deuteronomy 33:15–16
…with the best of the ancient mountains and the bounty of the everlasting hills,
Habakkuk 3:6
He stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations; the ancient mountains crumbled; the perpetual hills collapsed. His ways are everlasting.
Ezekiel 37:25–26
They will live in the land that I gave to My servant Jacob, where your fathers lived. They will live there forever with their children and grandchildren, and My servant David will be their prince forever.
Jonah 2:6
To the roots of the mountains I descended; the earth beneath me barred me in forever! But You raised my life from the pit, O LORD my God!
Psalm 105:17–22
He sent a man before them—Joseph, sold as a slave.
Psalm 89:36
…his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun,
Genesis 27:27–29
So he came near and kissed him. When Isaac smelled his clothing, he blessed him and said: “Ah, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that the LORD has blessed.
Genesis 27:39–40
His father Isaac answered him: “Behold, your dwelling place shall be away from the richness of the land, away from the dew of heaven above.
Isaiah 66:5
You who tremble at His word, hear the word of the LORD: “Your brothers who hate you and exclude you because of My name have said, ‘Let the LORD be glorified that we may see your joy!’ But they will be put to shame.”
Isaiah 54:10
Though the mountains may be removed and the hills may be shaken, My loving devotion will not depart from you, and My covenant of peace will not be broken,” says the LORD, who has compassion on you.
Numbers 6:2
“Speak to the Israelites and tell them that if a man or woman makes a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself to the LORD,
Genesis 28:3–4
May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples.

People

Joseph: Son of Jacob, ruler in Egypt

Glossary

Birthright Book of Exodus Concubinage, Concubines Genesis, Book of Jacob Joshua, Book of Mount Hor Nazarite, Nazirite 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 Earth: Perpetuity of Ephraim: A Tribe of Israel: Prophecy Concerning Head: Parts of Mentioned: The Crown Head: Put for the Whole Person Hills: Perpetual Jacob: His Final Prophetic Benedictions Upon his Sons: Joseph Manasseh:: Prophecy Concerning Mountains: Called: Everlasting Hills Parents: Paternal Blessings of Jacob Patriarchal Government: Exercised in Blessing and Cursing Their Children Prosperity: from God the Tribe of Manasseh: Predictions Respecting The Tribes of Israel: Predictions Respecting Each of

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