Genesis 49:22

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Joseph is a fruitful bough, A fruitful bough by a fountain; His branches run over the wall.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Joseph <FI>is<Fi> a fruitful son; A fruitful son by a fountain, Daughters step over the wall;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Genesis 49:22 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 30:22Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb,
  2. Genesis 41:52And the second son he named Ephraim, saying, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
  3. Genesis 46:27And 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.
  4. Genesis 48:1Some time later Joseph was told, “Your father is ill.” So he set out with his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
  5. Genesis 48:5And now your two sons born to you in Egypt before I came to you here shall be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine.
  6. Genesis 48:15Then he blessed Joseph and said: “May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,
  7. Genesis 48:16the angel who has redeemed me from all harm— may He bless these boys. And may they be called by my name and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and may they grow into a multitude upon the earth.”
  8. Genesis 48:19But 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.”
  9. Numbers 32:1Now 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.
  10. Deuteronomy 33:13Concerning Joseph he said: “May his land be blessed by the LORD with the precious dew from heaven above and the deep waters that lie beneath,
  11. Joshua 16:1The 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.
  12. Joshua 17:14Then 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.”
  13. Psalms 1:1Blessed 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.
  14. Psalms 128:1Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in His ways!
  15. Psalms 128:3Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table.
  16. Ezekiel 19:11It 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.
  17. Hosea 13:15Although he flourishes among his brothers, an east wind will come— a wind from the LORD rising up from the desert. His fountain will fail, and his spring will run dry. The wind will plunder his treasury of every precious article.

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