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22 Joseph is a fruitful bough,
    a fruitful bough by a spring;
    his branches run over the wall.[a]
23 The archers fiercely attacked him;
    they shot at him and pressed him hard.
24 Yet his bow remained taut,
    and his arms[b] were made agile
by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob,
    by the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 49:22 Meaning of Heb uncertain
  2. Genesis 49:24 Heb the arms of his hands

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