What are the implications of "u'mi'Meged Eretz u'Melo'ah"?
Ramban #1 (citing the Ibn Ezra): Having discussed the fruits of the mountains and hills in the previous Pasuk, the Torah now praise fruits of the plains and the valley.
What are the connotations of "me'Rosh Har'rei Kedem"?
Rashi and Targum Onkelos: It means that Yosef's land is blessed from the beginning of the ripening of the fruit of the mountains, which ripen before those of the other tribes. 1
Targum Yonasan: Yosef's land is blessed from the first-fruit of the mountains, which the B'rachah of the original Avos, who are compared to mountains, bequeathed to him'.
Sifri: It means that the B'rachah comes from the blessing of the Avos, who are called 'Harim', and "mi'Meged Giv'os Olam", from the blessing of the Imahos, who are called 'Gevahos'. 2
Refer to 13:14:2:2*. Hadar Zekenim (in Pasuk 14) and Rosh: Efrayim was mountainous, as the Navi writes in Shmuel 1 1:1 "Tzofim me'Har Efrayim".
Sifri: As the Pasuk writes in Shir Hashirim, 4:6 "Eilech Li el Har ha'Mor, ve'el Giv'as ha'Levonah". See Torah Temimah, note 52.
What are the connotations of "mi'Meged Giv'os Olam"?
Rashi and Targum Onkelos: It means that Yosef's land is also blessed on the hills that produce fruit continuously - and are not deterred by a lack of rain.
Targum Yonasan: 'And from the sweet fruits of the hills that they produce continuously, which the B'rachah of the original Imahos, who are compared to hills, bequeathed to him'.