Deuteronomy 33:13 BSB

Deuteronomy 33:13

Concerning Joseph he said: “May his land be blessed by the LORD with the precious dew from heaven above and the deep waters that lie beneath,

BSB

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ASV

And of Joseph he said, Blessed of Jehovah be his land, For the precious things of heaven, for the dew, And for the deep that coucheth beneath,

KJV

And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the Lord be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath,

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Comparing the words of Moses with those of Jacob, it will be seen that the patriarch dwells with emphasis on the severe conflicts which Joseph, i. e., Ephraim and Manasseh, would undergo (compare Gen 49:23-24); while the lawgiver seems to look beyond, and to behold the two triumphant and established in their power. Deu 33:17 Rather: “The first-born of his” (i. e. Joseph’s) “bullock is his glory”: the reference being to Ephraim, who was raised by Jacob to the honors of the firstborn (Gen 48:20, and is here likened to the firstling of Joseph’s oxen, i. e., of Joseph’s offspring.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

"The firstling of the bullock and the horns of the unicorn" (rhinoceros), indicate glory and strength, and it is supposed that under these emblems were shadowed forth the triumphs of Joshua and the new kingdom of Jeroboam, both of whom were of Ephraim (compare Ge 48:20).

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וּלְיוֹסֵ֣ף	u.le.yo.Sef	and of Joseph	H3130 →
אָמַ֔ר	'a.Mar	he said	H559 →
מְבֹרֶ֥כֶת	me.vo.Re.khet	[be] blessed of	H1288 →
יְהֹוָ֖ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אַרְצ֑וֹ	'ar.Tzo	land his	H776 →
מִמֶּ֤גֶד	mi.Me.ged	from [the] excellent gift of	H4022 →
שָׁמַ֙יִם֙	sha.Ma.yim	heaven	H8064 →
מִטָּ֔ל	mi.Tal	from [the] dew	H2919 →
וּמִתְּה֖וֹם	u.mi.te.Hom	and from [the] deep	H8415 →
רֹבֶ֥צֶת	ro.Ve.tzet	[which] lies	H7257 →
תָּֽחַת׃	Ta.chat	beneath	H8478 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Proverbs 19:12
A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
leads to
- Hosea 14:5
  I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Proverbs 20:2
  The terror of a king is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him forfeits his own life.
Through
Isaiah 18:4
For this is what the LORD has told me: “I will quietly look on from My dwelling place, like shimmering heat in the sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”
leads to
- Hosea 5:15
  Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”
- Isaiah 26:21
  For behold, the LORD is coming out of His dwelling to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth will reveal her bloodshed and will no longer conceal her slain.
Through
Micah 5:7
Then the remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples like dew from the LORD, like showers on the grass, which do not wait for man or linger for mankind.
leads to
- Psalms 72:6
  May he be like rain that falls on freshly cut grass, like spring showers that water the earth.
- Micah 5:3
  Therefore Israel will be abandoned until she who is in labor has given birth; then the rest of His brothers will return to the children of Israel.
- Isaiah 44:3
  For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.
Through
Proverbs 3:20
By His knowledge the watery depths were broken open, and the clouds dripped with dew.
leads to
- Genesis 7:11
  In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.

About Deuteronomy

Moses Comes Down from Mount Sinai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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PersonPatriarchsJosephThe rejected-then-exalted son — Genesis's great Christ-type; preserver of his family and of Egypt; the bridge into Exodus.

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