...I. They are fruitful trees. Thus we read of the fruitfulness of Christ's orchard, Gen. xlix. 22, " Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well ; whose branches run over the wall." Psalm xcii. 12 — 14, " The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree : he shall grow like a cedar...

...silk with the " Shield of David '' (Mayen-Daiñd, an hexagonal star), and the inscription in Hebrew: " Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well, whoso branches run over the wall." (Genesis xlix, 22.) Measurements, 3 feet long, 2 feet 3 inches wide....

...metaphysical reference to this nature or sign as a saviour of the people. We find, Genesis xlix. 22, 24, " Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well . . . (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel)." Again, twenty-fifth verse, " Even by the...

...fat, And he shall yield royal dainties. 21 Naphtali is a hind let loose: He giveth goodly words. 22 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,...

...1958:81). One of the biblical verses used in phylacteries to ward off the evil eye was Genesis 49:22: "Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well," because of the understood play on words. Joseph and his descendants were fruitful even though next...

...father and his seed after him, to the uttermost; 30. Even he shall be a fruitful bough; he shall be as a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well whose branches run over the wall, 31. And his seed shall abide in strength, and the arms of their hands shall be made strong by the hands...

...and he shall yield royal dainties. 21 11 Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words. 22 Ü salem. 17 r And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the 23 The archers have sorely grieved him. and shot at him, and hated him: 24 But his bow abode in strength,...

...a hind let loose: | he giveth goodly words. Naphtali A rather ordinary blessing. VERSES 22-26: 22 f 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,...

...shall yield royal dainties. 21 Naphtali is a hind ° let loose : ° he giveth "goodly words. 22 ° 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...

...1958:81). One of the biblical verses used in phylacteries to ward off the evil eye was Genesis 49:22: "Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well," because of the understood play on words. Joseph and his descendants were fruitful even though next...