9. He said to his father and mother, “I have not seen him,”and he did not acknowledge his own brothersor know his own children,for they kept your word,and guarded your covenant.
10. They will teach Jacob your ordinancesand Israel your law;they will offer incense as a pleasant odor, and a whole offering on your altar.
11. Bless, O Lord, his goods,and be pleased with his efforts;undercut the legs of any who attack him,and of those who hate him, so that they cannot stand.
12. Of Benjamin he said:The beloved of the Lord will live safely by him;he protects him all the time, and the Lord places him on his chest.
13. Of Joseph he said:May the Lord bless his landwith the harvest produced by the sky, by the dew,and by the depths crouching beneath;
14. with the harvest produced by the daylightand by the moonlight;
15. with the best of the ancient mountainsand the harvest produced by the age-old hills;
16. with the harvest of the earth and its fullnessand the pleasure of him who resided in the burning bush.May blessing rest on Joseph’s head,and on the top of the head of the one set apart from his brothers.
17. May the firstborn of his bull bring him honor,and may his horns be those of a wild ox;with them may he gore all peoples,all the far reaches of the earth.They are the ten thousands of Ephraim,and they are the thousands of Manasseh.
18. Of Zebulun he said:Rejoice, Zebulun, when you go outside, and Issachar, when you are in your tents.
19. They will summon peoples to the mountain,there they will sacrifice proper sacrifices;for they will enjoy the abundance of the seas,and the hidden treasures of the shores.