16 and from the fruits of the earth with all its plenitude. May the blessing of him who appeared in the bush, settle upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of the Nazarite among his brothers.
17 His excellence is like that of a first-born bull. His horns are like the horns of a rhinoceros; he shall brandish these against the Gentiles, even to the ends of the earth. These are the multitudes of Ephraim, and these the thousands of Manasseh.'
18 And to Zebulun he said: 'Rejoice, O Zebulun, in your departure, and Issachar, in your tabernacles.
19 They shall summon the peoples to the mountain. There, they shall immolate the victims of justice, who feed on the flood of the sea, as if on milk, and on the hidden treasures of the sands.'
20 And to Gad he said: 'Blessed is Gad in his breadth. He has rested like a lion, and he has seized the arm and the top of the head.
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