申命记 33:16

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

得著從地所出的上好之物，和其中所充滿的；得著那住在荊棘中的耶和華的恩寵；願這些都臨到約瑟的頭上，就是臨到那在兄弟中作王子的人的頭上。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
得 地 和 其 中 所 充 满 的 宝 物 ， 并 住 荆 棘 中 上 主 的 喜 悦 。 愿 这 些 福 都 归 於 约 瑟 的 头 上 ， 归 於 那 与 弟 兄 迥 别 之 人 的 顶 上 。

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

the earth: Psalms 24:1, Psalms 50:12, Psalms 89:11, Jeremiah 8:16, *marg. 1 Corinthians 10:26, 1 Corinthians 10:28

the good: Exodus 3:2-4, Mark 12:26, Luke 2:14, Acts 7:30-33, Acts 7:35, 2 Corinthians 12:7-10

and upon the top: Genesis 37:28, Genesis 37:36, Genesis 39:2, Genesis 39:3, Genesis 43:32, Genesis 45:9-11, Genesis 49:26

separated: Hebrews 7:26

Reciprocal: Exodus 3:4 - unto him Luke 20:37 - even

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And for the precious things of the earth, and fulness thereof,.... Corn of all sorts produced out of the earth, and grass that grows out of it, and cattle that feed upon it; for all which some part of the land of Joseph, particularly Bashan, was famous; as for the oaks that grew on it, so for the pasturage of it, and the cattle it bred, Deuteronomy 32:14; see Psalms 22:12;

and [for] the good will of him that dwelt in the bush; the angel of the Lord, the Word and Son of God, who appeared to Moses in the bush, and made himself known as the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and expressed his good will to Israel, by sending Moses to deliver them out of their bondage: and the favour and good will of the same divine Person is here wished for, and which has appeared in his assumption of human nature, obedience, sufferings, and death, Luke 2:14. The bush was an emblem of Israel, and the state they were then in, and of the church of Christ; of which Luke 2:14- :; and where Christ may be said to dwell, as he did among men, when he was made flesh, and does dwell in the midst of his churches, and in the hearts of his people by faith:

let [the blessing] come upon the head of Joseph; that is, in all things, as Onkelos; or all these blessings, as the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem; all before mentioned, let them come openly and visibly, and in great plenty, upon the posterity of Joseph, who was a type of Christ, the head of the righteous, on whom all the blessings of grace are, and from whom they descend to all his spiritual offspring, Proverbs 10:6;

and upon the top of the head of him [that was] separated from his brethren; when he was sold by them into Egypt; the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem are,

"and was shining in the glory of his brethren;''

that is, when he was a ruler in Egypt, and had honour from his brethren there, and was beautiful and glorious among them, as a Nazarite, as the word here used signifies, see Lamentations 4:7; and may he applied to Christ, who was chosen from among the people, and separated from sinners, and called a Nazarene, Psalms 89:19.

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 33:16. The good will of him that dwelt in the bush — The favour of him who appeared in the burning bush on Mount Sinai, who there, in his good will - mere love and compassion, took Israel to be his people; and who has preserved and will preserve, in tribulation and distress, all those who trust in him, so that they shall as surely escape unhurt, as the bush, though enveloped with fire, was unburnt.

The top of the head, &c. — The same words are used by Jacob in blessing this tribe, Genesis 49:26. The meaning appears to be that God should distinguish this tribe in a particular way, as Joseph himself was separated, נזיר nazir, a Nazarite, a consecrated prince to God, from among and in preference to all his brethren. Genesis 49:25, &c.