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Deuteronomy 33:15

For the first fruites of the principall mountaynes, and for the fruites that the hylles bryng foorth for euer:

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Blessing;   Death;   Earth;   Ephraim;   Intercession;   Joseph;   Manasseh;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Ephraim, Tribe of;   Manasseh, the Tribe of;   Mountains;   Tribes of Israel, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Deuteronomy;   Simeon;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Joseph;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Manasseh (1);   Holman Bible Dictionary - Deep, the;   Poetry;   Tribes of Israel, the;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Targums;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Joseph ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Ephraim;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ancient;   Everlasting;   Hill;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ephraim;   Jacob, Blessing of;   Simḥat Torah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
with the best products of the ancient mountainsand the bounty of the eternal hills;
Hebrew Names Version
For the chief things of the ancient mountains, For the precious things of the everlasting hills,
King James Version
And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills,
Lexham English Bible
and with the finest things of the ancient mountains, and with the choice things of the eternal hills,
English Standard Version
with the finest produce of the ancient mountains and the abundance of the everlasting hills,
New Century Version
Let the old mountains give the finest crops, and let the everlasting hills give the best fruits.
New English Translation
with the best of the ancient mountains and the harvest produced by the age-old hills;
Amplified Bible
"With the best things of the ancient mountains, And with the precious things of the everlasting hills,
New American Standard Bible
And with the best things of the ancient mountains, With the choice things of the everlasting hills,
Geneva Bible (1587)
And for the sweetenes of the top of the ancient mountaines, and for the sweetenes of the olde hilles,
Legacy Standard Bible
And with the best things of the ancient mountains,And with the choice things of the everlasting hills,
Contemporary English Version
You will have a rich harvest from the slopes of the ancient hills.
Complete Jewish Bible
with the best from the mountains of old, with the best from the eternal hills,
Darby Translation
And by the best things of the ancient mountains, And by the precious things of the everlasting hills,
Easy-to-Read Version
Let the hills and ancient mountains produce their best fruit.
George Lamsa Translation
With the best fruits of the eastern mountains, with the fruit of the eternal hills,
Good News Translation
May their ancient hills be covered with choice fruit.
Literal Translation
and with the first of the ancient mountains, and with the best of the everlasting hills;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And of ye toppes of the mountaynes of olde, and of the hilles allwaye,
American Standard Version
And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, And for the precious things of the everlasting hills,
Bible in Basic English
And the chief things of the oldest mountains, and the good things of the eternal hills,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And for the tops of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the everlasting hills,
King James Version (1611)
And for the chiefe things of the ancient mountaines, and for the precious things of the lasting hils,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
from the top of the ancient mountains, and from the top of the everlasting hills,
English Revised Version
And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, And for the precious things of the everlasting hills,
Berean Standard Bible
with the best of the ancient mountains and the bounty of the everlasting hills,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and of the applis of euerlastynge litle hillis;
Young's Literal Translation
And by chief things -- of the ancient mountains, And by precious things -- of the age-during heights,
Update Bible Version
And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, And for the precious things of the everlasting hills,
Webster's Bible Translation
And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills,
World English Bible
For the chief things of the ancient mountains, For the precious things of the everlasting hills,
New King James Version
With the best things of the ancient mountains, With the precious things of the everlasting hills,
New Living Translation
with the finest crops of the ancient mountains, and the abundance from the everlasting hills;
New Life Bible
May the Lord bring good to his land with the best things of the old mountains, and the best things of the hills that last forever,
New Revised Standard
with the finest produce of the ancient mountains, and the abundance of the everlasting hills;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And with the chief of the ancient mountains, - And with the precious things of the age-abiding hills;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Of the tops of the ancient mountains, of the fruits of the everlasting hills:
Revised Standard Version
with the finest produce of the ancient mountains, and the abundance of the everlasting hills,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"And with the best things of the ancient mountains, And with the choice things of the everlasting hills,

Contextual Overview

12 And of Beniamin he sayde: The beloued of the Lorde shall dwell in safetie vpon hym, and the Lorde shall couer hym all the day long, and he shall dwell betweene his shoulders. 13 And of Ioseph he sayde: Blessed of the Lorde is his lande for the fruites of heauen, through the deawe & springes that lye beneath, 14 And for the sweete fruites of the increase of the sunne, and rype fruites of the moone: 15 For the first fruites of the principall mountaynes, and for the fruites that the hylles bryng foorth for euer: 16 And for the fuites of the earth, and fulnesse therof: and for the good wyll of hym that dwelt in the bushe, shall the blessing come vpon the head of Ioseph, and vpon the toppe of the head of hym that was seperated from among his brethren. 17 His first borne oxe hath beautie, and his hornes are as the hornes of an vnicorne, and with them he shall trouble the nations together, euen vnto the endes of the worlde: These are also ten thousandes of Ephraim, and the thousandes of Manasses.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Genesis 49:26, Habakkuk 3:6, James 5:7

Reciprocal: 1 Timothy 6:17 - that they

Cross-References

Genesis 34:11
And Sichem said, vnto her father and vnto her brethren: let me finde grace in your eyes, and whatsoeuer ye appoint me, that wyll I geue.
Genesis 47:25
And they aunswered: Thou hast saued our lyues, let vs fynde grace in the syght of my lorde, and we wylbe Pharaos seruauntes.
Ruth 2:13
Then she sayde: Let me finde fauour in thy sight my lord, thou that hast comforted me, and spoken comfortably vnto thy mayde, whiche yet am not lyke vnto one of thy maydens.
1 Samuel 25:8
Aske thy laddes, & they will shew thee: Wherfore let these young men finde fauour in thyne eyes (for we come in a good season) & geue I pray thee whatsoeuer commeth to thyne hande vnto thy seruauntes, and to thy sonne Dauid.
2 Samuel 16:4
Then sayd the king to Ziba: Behold, thyne are all that pertayned vnto Miphiboseth. And Ziba sayde: I humbly beseche thee that I may finde grace in thy sight, my lorde O king.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And for the chief things of the ancient mountains,.... Which were from the beginning of the world, and for which the land, possessed by the children of Joseph, Manasseh, and Ephraim, were famous; as the mountains of Gilead and Bashan, inherited by the former, and Mount Ephraim, and the mountains of Samaria, by the latter; which produced, besides great quantities of grass and corn, also vines, figs, olives, c.

and for the precious things of the lasting hills which will endure as long as the world, the same as before in other words; and which precious things may be emblems of the spiritual blessings of grace, provided in an everlasting covenant, and given to Christ for his people before the world began, or any mountains and hills were formed, and which are as lasting and as immovable as they are; see Proverbs 8:22, Isaiah 54:10.

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 33:15. The chief things of the ancient mountains — ומראש הררי קדם umerosh harerey kedem, and from the head or top of the ancient or eastern mountains, the precious things or productions being still understood. And this probably refers to the large trees, &c., growing on the mountain tops, and the springs of water issuing from them. The mountains of Gilead may be here intended, as they fell to the half tribe of Manasseh. And the precious things of the lasting hills may signify the metals and minerals which might be digged out of them.


 
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