¹⁶ Let not your springs be flowing in the streets, or your streams of water in the open places.

²⁶ Give praise to God in the great meeting; even the Lord, you who come from the fountain of Israel.

⁶⁰ And they gave Rebekah their blessing, saying, O sister, may you be the mother of thousands and ten thousands; and may your seed overcome all those who make war against them.

²⁸ And Israel is living in peace, the fountain of Jacob by himself, in a land of grain and wine, with dew dropping from the heavens.

⁹ He had thirty sons, and thirty daughters whom he sent to other places, and he got thirty wives from other places for his sons. And he was judge of Israel for seven years.

³ See, sons are a heritage from the Lord; the fruit of the body is his reward.

³ Your wife will be like a fertile vine in the inmost parts of your house: your children will be like olive plants round your table.

²¹ They had no need of water when he was guiding them through the waste lands: he made water come out of the rock for them: the rock was parted and the waters came flowing out.