Genesis 49:22

New English Translation

Joseph is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough near a spring whose branches climb over the wall.

Cross References

Genesis 41:52

He named the second child Ephraim, saying, “Certainly God has made me fruitful in the land of my suffering.”

Genesis 46:27

Counting the two sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt, all the people of the household of Jacob who were in Egypt numbered seventy.

Genesis 48:1

After these things Joseph was told, “Your father is weakening.” So he took his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim with him.

Genesis 48:15

Then 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 long to this day,

Genesis 48:16

the Angel who has protected me from all harm – bless these boys. May my name be named in them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac. May they grow into a multitude on the earth.”

Genesis 48:5

“Now, as for your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, they will be mine. Ephraim and Manasseh will be mine just as Reuben and Simeon are.

Genesis 49:23

The archers will attack him, they will shoot at him and oppose him.

Psalm 128:1

How blessed is every one of the Lord’s loyal followers, each one who keeps his commands!

Psalm 128:3

Your wife will be like a fruitful vine in the inner rooms of your house; your children will be like olive branches, as they sit all around your table.

Psalm 80:10

The mountains were covered by its shadow, the highest cedars by its branches.

Ezekiel 19:11

Its boughs were strong, fit for rulers’ scepters; it reached up into the clouds. It stood out because of its height and its many branches.

Hosea 13:15

Even though he flourishes like a reed plant, a scorching east wind will come, a wind from the Lord rising up from the desert. As a result, his spring will dry up; his well will become dry. That wind will spoil all his delightful foods in the containers in his storehouse.