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Genesis 49:26

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26Blessings of corn and flowers,i

Blessings of ancient

mountains,j

Delightful things from everlasting hills.

May these blessings rest on the head of Joseph,

On the brow of the one set apart from his brothers.

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Footnotes

  1. iProbable text corn and flowers; Hebrew your fathers are mightier than.
  2. jOne ancient translation ancient mountains; Hebrew my ancestors to.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The blessings of your father

are mighty beyond the blessings of my parents,

up to the bounties of the everlasting hills.

May they be on the head of Joseph,

and on the brow of him who was set apart from his brothers.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Your father’s blessings are greater

than the blessings of the ancient mountains,

than the bounty of the age-old hills.

Let all these rest on the head of Joseph,

on the brow of the prince among his brothers.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The blessings of your father excel

the blessings of my ancestors

and the bounty of the ancient hills.

May they rest on the head of Joseph,

on the brow of the prince of his brothers.

NLTNew Living Translation

May my fatherly blessings on you

surpass the blessings of my ancestors,

reaching to the heights of the eternal hills.

May these blessings rest on the head of Joseph,

who is a prince among his brothers.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

The blessings of your father

are superior to the blessings of my ancestors,

to the bounty of the everlasting hills.

May they be on the head of Joseph,

and on the forehead of the prince of his brothers.

KJV 1900King James Version

The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors

Unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills:

They shall be on the head of Joseph,

And on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.