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26 The blessings of your father
    are mighty beyond the blessings of the eternal mountains,[a]
    the bounties of the everlasting hills;
may they be on the head of Joseph,
    and on the brow of him who was separate from his brothers.

27 Benjamin is a ravenous wolf,
    in the morning devouring the prey,
    and at even dividing the spoil.”

Jacob’s Death and Burial

28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel; and this is what their father said to them as he blessed them, blessing each with the blessing suitable to him.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 49:26 Compare Gk: Heb of my progenitors to

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