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Gen_49:25 [Even] by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:
Ver. 25. Who shall help thee.] God hath, God shall, - is an ordinary way of arguing; it is a demonstration of Scripture logic, as Psa_85:1-4 2Co_1:10. Every former favour is a pledge of a future.
With blessings of heaven above, &c.] God "shall hear the heaven, the heaven shall hear the earth; and the earth shall hear the corn, wine, and oil": the genealogy of all which is resolved into God. {Hos_2:21-22}
With blessings of the breasts, and of the womb.] Yet rather than "Ephraim shall bring forth children to the murderer," the prophet prays God to give them, as a blessing, as some think, "a miscarrying womb, and dry breasts." {Hos_9:13-14} And our Saviour saith, "Woe be to such as are with child, and give suck in those days" of war and trouble. {Mat_24:19}