Genesis 48:9
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9 Joseph said to his father, (A)“They are my sons, whom God has given me here.” And he said, “Bring them to me, please, that (B)I may bless them.”
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Genesis 27:4
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4 and prepare for me delicious food, such as I love, and bring it to me so that I may eat, that my soul (A)may bless you before I die.”
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Genesis 33:5
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5 And when Esau lifted up his eyes and saw the women and children, he said, “Who are these with you?” Jacob said, (A)“The children whom God has graciously given your servant.”
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Hebrews 11:21
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21 By faith (A)Jacob, when dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, (B)bowing in worship over the head of his staff.
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Isaiah 56:3-5
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3 Let not (A)the foreigner who has joined himself to the Lord say,
“The Lord will surely separate me from his people”;
and let not the eunuch say,
“Behold, I am (B)a dry tree.”
4 For thus says the Lord:
“To the eunuchs (C)who keep my Sabbaths,
who choose the things that please me
and hold fast my covenant,
5 (D)I will give in my house and within my walls
a (E)monument and a name
better than sons and daughters;
(F)I will give them an everlasting name
that shall not be cut off.
Isaiah 8:18
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18 (A)Behold, I and (B)the children whom the Lord has given me are signs and portents in Israel from the Lord of hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.
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Psalm 127:3
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1 Chronicles 26:4-5
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4 And (A)Obed-edom had sons: Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, Sachar the fourth, Nethanel the fifth, 5 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peullethai the eighth, (B)for God blessed him.
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1 Chronicles 25:5
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5 All these were the sons of Heman (A)the king's seer, according to the promise of God to exalt him, for God had given Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
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1 Samuel 2:20-21
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20 Then Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, and say, “May the Lord give you children by this woman (A)for the petition she asked of the Lord.” So then they would return to their home.
21 (B)Indeed the Lord visited Hannah, and she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. (C)And the boy Samuel grew in the presence of the Lord.
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1 Samuel 1:27
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27 For this child I prayed, (A)and the Lord has granted me my petition that I made to him.
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1 Samuel 1:20
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20 And in due time Hannah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Samuel, for she said, “I have asked for him from the Lord.”[a]
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- 1 Samuel 1:20 Samuel sounds like the Hebrew for heard of God
Ruth 4:11-14
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11 Then all the people who were (A)at the gate and the elders said, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman, who is coming into your house, like Rachel and Leah, (B)who together (C)built up the house of Israel. May you act worthily in (D)Ephrathah and (E)be renowned in Bethlehem, 12 and may your house be like the house of Perez, (F)whom Tamar bore to Judah, because (G)of the offspring that the Lord will give you by this young woman.”
Ruth and Boaz Marry
13 So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife. And he went in to her, (H)and the Lord gave her conception, and she bore a son. 14 (I)Then the women said to Naomi, “Blessed be the Lord, who has not left you this day without (J)a redeemer, and may his name (K)be renowned in Israel!
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Deuteronomy 33:1
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Moses' Final Blessing on Israel
33 This is the blessing with which Moses (A)the man of God blessed the people of Israel before his death.
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Genesis 49:28
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Jacob's Death and Burial
28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel. This is what their father said to them as he blessed them, blessing each with the blessing suitable to him.
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Genesis 30:2
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2 Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in the place of God, (A)who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”
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Genesis 28:3-4
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3 (A)God Almighty[a] bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, that you may become a company of peoples. 4 May he give (B)the blessing of Abraham to you and to your offspring with you, that you may take possession of (C)the land of your sojournings that God gave to Abraham!”
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- Genesis 28:3 Hebrew El Shaddai
Genesis 27:34-40
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34 As soon as Esau heard the words of his father, (A)he cried out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry and said to his father, “Bless me, even me also, O my father!” 35 But he said, “Your brother came deceitfully, and he has taken away your blessing.” 36 Esau said, (B)“Is he not rightly named Jacob?[a] For he has cheated me these two times. (C)He took away my birthright, and behold, now he has taken away my blessing.” Then he said, “Have you not reserved a blessing for me?” 37 Isaac answered and said to Esau, “Behold, (D)I have made him lord over you, and all his brothers I have given to him for servants, and (E)with grain and wine I have sustained him. What then can I do for you, my son?” 38 Esau said to his father, “Have you but one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father.” And (F)Esau lifted up his voice and wept.
39 Then Isaac his father answered and said to him:
“Behold, (G)away from[b] the fatness of the earth shall your dwelling be,
and away from[c] the dew of heaven on high.
40 By your sword you shall live,
and you (H)shall serve your brother;
but when you grow restless
(I)you shall break his yoke from your neck.”
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- Genesis 27:36 Jacob means He takes by the heel, or He cheats
- Genesis 27:39 Or Behold, of
- Genesis 27:39 Or and of
Genesis 27:28-29
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28 May God give you of (A)the dew of heaven
and of the fatness of the earth
and (B)plenty of grain and wine.
29 Let peoples serve you,
and nations (C)bow down to you.
(D)Be lord over your brothers,
and may your mother's sons bow down to you.
(E)Cursed be everyone who curses you,
and blessed be everyone who blesses you!”
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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