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...and he shall yield royal dainties. 21 If Naphtah i> a hmd let loose : he giveth goodly words. 22 If l waH : 2% The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot ai him, and hated him : 24 But his bow abode...

...and he shall yield royal dainties. 21 IF Naphtah i» a hind let loo^e : he giveth goodly words. 22 IT 20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail : and the mountains were covered. 2 tfee wall : 23 The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him : 24 But his bow...

...Gen. 49, as newly translated by Sir William Drummond. The passage which in our translation is read, " Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well, whose branches run over a wall," &c. &c., to the end of verse 26; Sir William translates—" A Son of a Cow, is Joseph; a Son...

...he shall yield royal dainties. 21 If Naphtali, is a hind let loose : he giveth goodly words. 22 If Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall. 23 The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him. 24 But his bow abode in strength,...

...and therefore God was with him. The archers sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated hin; ; yet his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands ef the mighty God of Jacob. " As for you," said he to his brethren, " ye thought evil against me, but...

...has been the originating motive of the whole proceeding, that we may also say of each and all, — " The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him,...made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob." With less cheerfulness, perhaps, but with unabated resolution and ardour, they will apply themselvea...

...bull by a well, whose children run over the neck. The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at and hated him, but his bow abode in strength, and...hands were made strong by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob ; from thence is the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel." Now, I maintain, that all this is...

...extremity of the tendril. May not this illustrate that beautiful passage used in Genesis xlix. 22 ? ' Joseph is a fruitful bough ; even a fruitful bough by a well, whose branches run over the wall.' The vine, particularly in Turkey and Greece, is frequently mxde to entwine on trellises, around a well,...

...had passed lightly over him. He indeed felt, and others saw, that he was growing old ; but till then, his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the mighty God of Jacob. That which gave the first shock to his vigorous constitution, was the severe and...