Charles Spurgeon Commentary


Charles Spurgeon Commentary
"Joseph is a fruitful bough, A fruitful bough by a fountain; His branches run over the wall." — Genesis 49:22 (ASV)
Joseph –
Ah, now the patriarch comes to his beloved Joseph, and here the old man lingers long, longer than upon any other of his sons: "Joseph" –
Is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:
The Hebrew puts it, "Joseph is a son of fruits, even a son of fruits by a well; whose daughters run over the wall."
Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; –
Where he can suck up abundant nutriment.
Whose branches run over the wall:
He does more than he is expected to do; nothing seems to content him, his branches run over the wall.