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15 With the finest gifts of the ancient mountains
    and the best from the everlasting hills;
16 With the best of the earth and its fullness,
    and the favor of the one who dwells on Sinai.
Let these come upon the head of Joseph
    and upon the brow of the prince among his brothers.(A)
17 His firstborn bull, majesty is his!
    His horns are the horns of a wild ox;
With them he gores the peoples,
    attacks the ends of the earth.
These are the myriads of Ephraim,
    and these the thousands of Manasseh.

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15 with the choicest gifts of the ancient mountains(A)
    and the fruitfulness of the everlasting hills;
16 with the best gifts of the earth and its fullness
    and the favor of him who dwelt in the burning bush.(B)
Let all these rest on the head of Joseph,
    on the brow of the prince among[a] his brothers.(C)
17 In majesty he is like a firstborn bull;
    his horns(D) are the horns of a wild ox.(E)
With them he will gore(F) the nations,
    even those at the ends of the earth.
Such are the ten thousands of Ephraim;(G)
    such are the thousands of Manasseh.(H)

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 33:16 Or of the one separated from