So he came closer and kissed him. When Isaac smelled his clothes, he blessed him and said: Ah, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that the Lord has blessed.
Deuteronomy 33:13 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised He said about Joseph: May his land be blessed by the Lord with the dew of heaven’s bounty and the watery depths that lie beneath; Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD be his land, For the precious things of heaven, for the dew, And for the deep that coucheth beneath, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And of Joseph he said: Blessed by the Lord be his land, with the precious gifts of heaven from the dew and from the deep that couches beneath, American Standard Version (1901) And of Joseph he said, Blessed of Jehovah be his land, For the precious things of heaven, for the dew, And for the deep that coucheth beneath, Common English Bible Then he told Joseph: “I pray that his land is blessed by God: with heaven’s gifts from above, with the deep waters stretching out underneath; Catholic Public Domain Version Likewise, to Joseph he said: "His land shall be from the blessing of the Lord, from the fruits of heaven, and from the dew, and from the abyss which lies below, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version To Joseph also he said: Of the blessing of the Lord be his land, of the fruits of heaven, and of the dew, and of the deep that lieth beneath. |
So he came closer and kissed him. When Isaac smelled his clothes, he blessed him and said: Ah, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that the Lord has blessed.
His father Isaac answered him, Look, your dwelling place will be away from the richness of the land, away from the dew of the sky above.
Your two sons born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt are now mine. Ephraim and Manasseh belong to me just as Reuben and Simeon do.
And Joseph said to his father, ‘They are my sons God has given me here.’ So Israel said, ‘Bring them to me and I will bless them.’
My roots will have access to water, and the dew will rest on my branches all night.
A king’s rage is like the roaring of a lion, but his favour is like dew on the grass.
By his knowledge the watery depths broke open, and the clouds dripped with dew.
For the Lord said to me: I will quietly look out from my place, like shimmering heat in sunshine, like a rain cloud in harvest heat.
I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.
Then the remnant of Jacob will be among many peoples like dew from the Lord, like showers on the grass, which do not wait for anyone or linger for mankind.
‘For they will sow in peace: the vine will yield its fruit, the land will yield its produce, and the skies will yield their dew. I will give the remnant of this people all these things as an inheritance.
The descendants of Joseph: The descendants of Ephraim: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral families, counting the names of those twenty years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,
Let my teaching fall like rain and my word settle like dew, like gentle rain on new grass and showers on tender plants.
with the bountiful harvest from the sun and the abundant yield of the seasons;
So Israel dwells securely; Jacob lives untroubled , in a land of grain and new wine; even his skies drip with dew.