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²² ‘Joseph is a fruitful bough,
   a fruitful bough by a spring;
   his branches run over the wall.^*
23 The archers fiercely attacked him;
   they shot at him and pressed him hard.
²⁴ Yet his bow remained taut,
   and his arms^* were made agile
by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob,
   by the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,
²⁵ by the God of your father, who will help you,
   by the Almighty^* who will bless you
   with blessings of heaven above,
blessings of the deep that lies beneath,
   blessings of the breasts and of the womb.
²⁶ The blessings of your father
   are stronger than the blessings of the eternal mountains,
   the bounties^* of the everlasting hills;
may they be on the head of Joseph,
   on the brow of him who was set apart from his brothers.

²⁷ ‘Benjamin is a ravenous wolf,
   in the morning devouring the prey,
   and at evening dividing the spoil.’

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