33:13 Of Joseph he said:
May the Lord bless his land
with the harvest produced by the sky, 5 by the dew,
and by the depths crouching beneath;
1 sn The sea of the Arabah refers to the Dead Sea, also known as the Salt Sea in OT times (cf. Deut 3:17).
2 tn The meaning of the Hebrew term אַשְׁדֹּת (’ashdot) is unclear. It is usually translated either “slopes” (ASV, NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT) or “watershed” (NEB).
3 tn Heb “an image, any likeness.”
4 tn Heb “under the earth” (so ASV, NASB, NRSV); NCV “below the land.”
5 tn Heb “from the harvest of the heavens.” The referent appears to be good crops produced by the rain that falls from the sky.