Study it in the app“The blessings of your father have prevailed over the blessings of my ancestors, up to the bounds of the eternal hills. May they be on the head of Joseph, on the crown of the head of the one consecrated among his brothers.”
The blessingsבִּרְכֹתof your fatherאָבִיךָhave prevailedגָּבְרוּoverעַלthe blessingsבִּרְכֹתof my ancestors,הוֹרַיup toעַדthe boundsתַּאֲוַתof the eternalעוֹלָםhills.גִּבְעֹתMay they beתִּהְיֶיןon the headלְרֹאשׁof Joseph,יוֹסֵףon the crown of the headוּלְקָדְקֹדof the one consecratedנְזִירamong his brothers.אֶחָיו
blessing
The good God gives, or words asking for it.
Where else “birchot” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appearsprevail
To be more powerful, win out.
Where else “gavru” appearsconceive
Become pregnant, conceive; figuratively, conceive a plan.
Where else “hora” appearslimit; desire?
Boundary, the farthest reach of something. Others read "what is desirable".
Where else “taavat” appearsforever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appearshill
Hill.
Where else “givot” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “tihyen” appearshead
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “rosh” appearsJoseph
Joseph, a name borne by several Israelites, above all the son of Jacob and Rachel, sold into Egypt, who became ruler there and saved his family; his sons Ephraim and Manasseh became tribes. The name means "may he add".
Where else “yosef” appearscrown of the head
Crown of the head, the top of the head.
Where else “kadkod” appearsconsecrated
The one set apart from his brothers.
Where else “nezir” appearsbrother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “echay” appears25by the El of your father, who will help you, and by Shaddai, who will bless you with blessings of the heavens above, blessings of the deep that lies below, blessings of the breasts and of the womb.
26 · This verse (above)
27Benjamin is a wolf that tears; in the morning he devours the prey, and at evening he divides the spoil.”
1. What it says
What did Jacob say about Judah and Joseph in his blessings (vv. 8-12, 22-26)?
2. What it means
What does it show that Jacob gave each son a different blessing (v. 28)?
3. How I live it
How can you recognize what is distinct and unique in each person in your family?
