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613 B
613 B
Moses continues blessing the tribes of Joseph.
The firstborn of an ox, majestic is he
AT: "Joseph's descendants are powerful like a firstborn bull" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
firstborn of an ox
Here "firstborn" and "ox" represent superiority and strength.
his horns are the horns
Here "horns" are also represent strength.
ten thousands of Ephraim...the thousands of Manasseh
This means the tribe of Ephraim will be stronger than the tribe of Manasseh. AT: "the 10,000 of Ephraim...the 1,000 of Manasseh" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers)