Your wifeshall be like a fruitfulvineWithinyour house,Your childrenlike oliveplantsAroundyour table.
"Josephis a fruitfulbough,A fruitfulboughby a spring;[Its] branchesrunovera wall.
The sonsof Ulamwere mightymenof valor,archers,and hadmanysonsand grandsons,150[of them]. Allthese[were] of the sonsof Benjamin.
Behold,childrenare a giftof the LORD,The fruitof the wombis a reward.
How blessedis the manwhosequiveris fullof them; They will not be ashamedWhenthey speakwith their enemiesin the gate.
Let our sonsin their youthbe as grown-upplants,And our daughtersas cornerpillars fashionedas for a palace;
But as for me, I am like a greenolivetreein the houseof God;I trustin the lovingkindnessof Godforeverand ever.
The LORDcalledyour name,"A greenolivetree,beautifulin fruitand form";With the noiseof a greattumultHe has kindledfireon it, And its branchesare worthless.
Your motherwas like a vinein your vineyard, Plantedby the waters;It was fruitfuland fullof branchesBecauseof abundantwaters.
For ifyou were cut offfrom whatis by naturea wild olive tree,and were graftedcontraryto natureinto a cultivated olive tree,how muchmorewill thesewhoare the natural[branches] be graftedinto their ownolive tree?
