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12 The Lord Most High[a] loves you,
    tribe of Benjamin.
He will live among your hills
    and protect you.

13 Descendants of Joseph,
    the Lord will bless you
with precious water
from deep wells
    and with dew from the sky.
14 Month by month, your fruit
    will ripen in the sunshine.

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Footnotes

  1. 33.12 Most High: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.

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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