^{22 Ref} Joseph is a young ox, whose steps are turned to the fountain;

^{23 Ref} He was troubled by the archers; they sent out their arrows against him, cruelly wounding him:

^{24 Ref} But their bows were broken by a strong one, and the cords of their arms were cut by the Strength of Jacob, by the name of the Stone of Israel:

^{25 Ref} Even by the God of your father, who will be your help, and by the Ruler of all, who will make you full with blessings from heaven on high, blessings of the deep stretched out under the earth, blessings of the breasts and of the fertile body:

^{26 Ref} Blessings of sons, old and young, to the father: blessings of the oldest mountains and the fruit of the eternal hills: let them come on the head of Joseph, on the crown of him who was separate from his brothers.

^{27 Ref} Benjamin is a wolf, searching for meat: in the morning he takes his food, and in the evening he makes division of what he has taken.