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12 He said to Benjamin:
“The Lord’s dearest one
    rests safely on him.
The Lord always shields him;
    he rests on God’s chest.”
13 Then he told Joseph:
“I pray that his land is blessed by God:
        with heaven’s gifts from above,[a]
        with the deep waters stretching out underneath;
14         with the gifts produced by the sun,
        with the gifts generated by the moon;[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 33:13 Or from the dew
  2. Deuteronomy 33:14 Or moons or months

12 About Benjamin(A) he said:

“Let the beloved of the Lord rest secure in him,(B)
    for he shields him all day long,(C)
    and the one the Lord loves(D) rests between his shoulders.(E)

13 About Joseph(F) he said:

“May the Lord bless his land
    with the precious dew from heaven above
    and with the deep waters that lie below;(G)
14 with the best the sun brings forth
    and the finest the moon can yield;

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