Charles Spurgeon Commentary Genesis 49:22

Charles Spurgeon Commentary

Genesis 49:22

1834–1892
Baptist
Charles Spurgeon
Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon Commentary

Genesis 49:22

1834–1892
Baptist
SCRIPTURE

"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.