TESTIMONIES AGAINST THE JEWS. 93 blessthee,and I willmagnify thy name ; and thou shaltbe blessed: and I willblesshim that blesseththee,and I will curse him thatcurseththee: and in thee shallallthe tribes of the earthbe blessed."1 On thissame pointin Genesis: " And IsaacblessedJacob.1 Behold,the smellof my son is as the smellof a plentifulfieldwhich the Lord hath blessed: and God give theeof the dew of heaven,and of the fertility of the earth,abundance of corn, and wine, and oil: and peoplesshallobey thee,and princesshallworship thee: and thou shaltbe lordover thy brother,and the sonsof thy father shallworship thee: and he thatcurseththeeshallbe cursed, and he thatblesseththee shallbe blessed."4 On thismatter too in Genesis: "But when Joseph saw that his father placed hisrighthand on the head of Ephraim, itseemed dis pleasingtohim : and Joseph laidholdof hisfather'shand,to liftitfrom the head of Ephraim on to the head of Manasseh. Moreover,Joseph saidunto hisfather,Not so,my father:this ismy first-born; placethy righthand upon hishead. But he would not,and said,I know it,my son,I know it: and he also shallbe a people,and he shallbe exalted; but his younger brothershallbe greaterthan he,and his seed shallbecome a multitude of nations."4 Moreover in Genesis: " J udah, thy brethrenshallpraisethee: thinehand shallbe upon the back of thineenemies; the sonsof thy fathershallworship thee. Judah is a lion'swhelp : from the slendertwig,5my son,thou hastascended: thou layedstdown and sleepedstas a lion,and as a lion'swhelp ; who shallstirhim up ? There shalt not faila prince from Judah, and a leaderfrom his loins,untilthosethingsentrustedto him shallcome ; and he 1 Gen.rii.1-3. * ThequotationintheOxfordeditionbeginsfromthispoint.s Gen.xxvii.27-29. 4 Gen.xlviii.17-19. The wholeofthisquotationiswantinginmore thanonecodex. * "Frutice."The Oxfordtranslatorhashere,withoutany autho rityas itappears,from thetext,adoptedthereadingof theVulgate, " ad praedam."CyprianhasusedtheLXX., readingapparently,Ik 0x«<7to2.The Hebrew tptSDgivesa colourto eitherreading.See Gesen.Lex.invoceept3.