Loading…

Genesis 49:26

26 Your father’s blessings are greater

than the blessings of the ancient mountains,

thann the bounty of the age-old hills.l

Let all these rest on the head of Joseph,m

on the brow of the prince amongo his brothers.n

Read more Explain verse



Genesis 49:26 — English Standard Version (ESV)

26 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.

Genesis 49:26 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

26 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.

Genesis 49:26 — New Living Translation (NLT)

26 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.

Genesis 49:26 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

26 The blessings of your father

Have excelled the blessings of my ancestors,

Up to the utmost bound of the everlasting hills.

They shall be on the head of Joseph,

And on the crown of the head of him who was separate from his brothers.

Genesis 49:26 — New Century Version (NCV)

26 The blessings of your father are greater

than the blessings of the oldest mountains,

greater than the good things of the long-lasting hills.

May these blessings rest on the head of Joseph,

on the forehead of the one who was separated from his brothers.

Genesis 49:26 — American Standard Version (ASV)

26 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.

Genesis 49:26 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

26 The blessings of thy father surpass the blessings of my ancestors, Unto the bounds of the everlasting hills: They shall be on the head of Joseph, And on the crown of the head of him that was separated from his brethren.

Genesis 49:26 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

26 The blessings of your father are greater than 

the blessings of the oldest mountains 

and the riches of the ancient hills. 

May these blessings rest on the head of Joseph, 

on the crown of the prince among his brothers. 

Genesis 49:26 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

26 The blessings of your father excel

the blessings of my ancestors

and the bounty of the eternal hills.

May they rest on the head of Joseph,

on the crown of the prince of his brothers.

Genesis 49:26 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

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.

Genesis 49:26 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

26 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.

Genesis 49:26 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

26 Your father’s blessings are great.

They are greater than the blessings from the age-old mountains.

They are greater than the gifts from the ancient hills.

Let all of those blessings rest on the head of Joseph.

Let them rest on the head of the one who is prince among his brothers.

Genesis 49:26 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

26 “The blessings of your father

Have surpassed the blessings of my ancestors

Up to the utmost bound of the everlasting hills;

May they be on the head of Joseph,

And on the crown of the head of the one distinguished among his brothers.


A service of Logos Bible Software