Genesis 49:23
“The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:”
Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.
Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:
The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:
But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)
Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:
Cross-References
“And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,”
“And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.”
“Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:”
“But the Lord was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.”
“The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his hand; because the Lord was with him, and that which he did, the Lord made it to prosper.”