Genesis 49:22

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Genesis 49:22 (WEB)
“Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine by a spring. His branches run over the wall.

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Hippolytus of Rome

Hippolytus of Rome, Exegetical Fragments §2On Genesis
“Gen. xlix. 21–26 Nephthalim is a slender thing, showing beauty in the shoot.” — the author cites it
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Ambrose of Milan

Ambrose of Milan, On the Duties of the Clergy II.16Book II
“It hath prevailed over the blessings of the everlasting hills and the desires of the eternal hills.”” — editor's note: Gen. xlix. 22, 25, 26.
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Gregory of Nazianzus

Gregory of Nazianzus, Orations Oration 22
“And the land of promise is distributed through one who was hated, and he who was sold dispossesses nations, and is himself made a great nation, and that small offshoot becomes a luxuriant vine, so great that it reaches to the river, and is…” — editor's note: Gen. xlix. 22.
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PassageOrations Oration 22

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