申命记 33:13

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

論到約瑟，他說：“願他的地蒙耶和華賜福，得著從天上而來的上好之物，以及蘊藏在地裡的泉水；

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
论 约 瑟 说 ： 愿 他 的 地 蒙 耶 和 华 赐 福 ， 得 天 上 的 宝 物 、 甘 露 ， 以 及 地 里 所 藏 的 泉 水 ；

Contextual Overview

¹² Moses said this about the people of Benjamin: "The Lord 's loved ones will lie down in safety, because he protects them all day long. The ones he loves rest with him." ¹³ Moses said this about the people of Joseph: "May the Lord bless their land with wonderful dew from heaven, with water from the springs below, ¹⁴ with the best fruits that the sun brings, and with the best fruits that the moon brings. ¹⁵ Let the old mountains give the finest crops, and let the everlasting hills give the best fruits. ¹⁶ Let the full earth give the best fruits, and let the Lord who lived in the burning bush be pleased. May these blessings rest on the head of Joseph, on the forehead of the one who was blessed among his brothers. ¹⁷ Joseph has the majesty of a firstborn bull; he is as strong as a wild ox. He will stab other nations, even those nations far away. These are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and these are the thousands of Manasseh."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Joseph: Genesis 48:5, Genesis 48:9, Genesis 48:15-20, Genesis 49:22-26

the dew: Deuteronomy 32:2, Genesis 27:28, Genesis 27:29, Job 29:19, Psalms 110:3, Proverbs 3:20, Proverbs 19:12, Isaiah 18:4, Hosea 14:5, Micah 5:7, Zechariah 8:12

Reciprocal: Genesis 24:53 - precious Genesis 30:24 - And she Genesis 46:20 - Manasseh Genesis 49:25 - the God Deuteronomy 33:28 - his Joshua 17:14 - one lot Job 38:28 - dew Isaiah 26:19 - thy dew

Cross-References

Genesis 33:15
So Esau said, "Then let me leave some of my people with you." "No, thank you," said Jacob. "I only want to please you, my master."

Genesis 33:16
So that day Esau started back to Edom.

Genesis 33:17
But Jacob went to Succoth, where he built a house for himself and shelters for his animals. That is why the place was named Succoth.

1 Chronicles 22:5
David said, "We should build a great Temple for the Lord , which will be famous everywhere for its greatness and beauty. But my son Solomon is young. He hasn't yet learned what he needs to know, so I will prepare for the building of it." So David got many of the materials ready before he died.

Proverbs 12:10
Good people take care of their animals, but even the kindest acts of the wicked are cruel.

Isaiah 40:11
He takes care of his people like a shepherd. He gathers them like lambs in his arms and carries them close to him. He gently leads the mothers of the lambs.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And of Joseph he said,.... The tribe of Joseph, as the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem:

blessed of the Lord [be] his land; as the lands inherited by his sons were extremely fruitful, the countries of lead and Bashan by Manasseh, and the fields of Samaria by Ephraim: Jarchi says,

"there was not in the inheritance of the tribes a land so full of all good things as the land of Joseph;''

typical of the church of Christ, the antitypical Joseph, which abounds with all good things through him, or of the better country in heaven:

for the precious things of heaven; that is, the pleasant, precious, and excellent fruits, reproduced by the influence of the heavens, particularly showers of rain which descend from thence; emblems of the grace of God, and Gospel of Christ, which bring spiritual blessings to the sons of men on earth, and make them fruitful in every good word and work: for the dew; which descends also from heaven, and is of unspeakable use to the fruits of the earth, and is sometimes used as an emblem of the favour and goodness of God to his people, Hosea 14:5;

and for the deep that coucheth beneath; that is, beneath the earth, and breaks out upon it, and waters it, and makes it fruitful, which happiness the land of Joseph had, as well as the rain and dew of heaven: this is to be understood of springs and fountains that flow out of the earth to the enriching of it; and so the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem paraphrase the words, and may be applied to Christ and to his Gospel, Song of Solomon 4:15.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 Genesis 49:23-24); while the lawgiver seems to look beyond, and to behold the two triumphant and established in their power.

Deuteronomy 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 (Genesis 48:20, and is here likened to the firstling of Joseph’s oxen, i. e., of Joseph’s offspring. The ox is a common emblem of power and strength.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Deuteronomy 33:13. Blessed - be his land — The whole of this passage certainly relates to the peculiar fertility of the soil in the portion that fell to this tribe which, the Jews say, yielded a greater abundance of all good things than any other part of the promised land.

The precious things of heaven — The peculiar mildness and salubrity of its atmosphere.

For the dew — A plentiful supply of which was a great blessing in the dry soil of a hot climate.

The deep that coucheth beneath — Probably referring to the plentiful supply of water which should be found in digging wells: hence the Septuagint have αβυσσων πηγων, fountains of the deeps. Some suppose there has been a slight change made in the word מטל mittal, for the dew, which was probably at first מעל meal, FROM ABOVE, and then the passage would read thus: For the precious things of heaven FROM ABOVE, and for the deep that coucheth BENEATH. This reading is confirmed by several of Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS. The Syriac and Chaldee have both readings: The dew of heaven from above.