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Listen to Genesis 27:4, Genesis 27:19, Genesis 28:1, Genesis 31:55, Genesis 48:9, Genesis 48:15, Genesis 48:20, Joshua 22:6AudioPrint PrintSettingsSettingsShare ShareParallelParallelExpandExpandCollapse

Genesis 27:4  New International Version

4 Prepare me the kind of tasty food I like(A) and bring it to me to eat, so that I may give you my blessing(B) before I die.”(C)

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Cross references

  1. Genesis 27:4 : S Ge 25:28
  2. Genesis 27:4 : ver 10, 25, 31; S Ge 24:60; 49:28; Dt 33:1; Heb 11:20
  3. Genesis 27:4 : ver 7
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Genesis 27:19  New International Version

19 Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau your firstborn.(A) I have done as you told me. Please sit up and eat some of my game,(B) so that you may give me your blessing.”(C)

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  1. Genesis 27:19 : ver 32
  2. Genesis 27:19 : S Ge 25:28
  3. Genesis 27:19 : S ver 4
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Genesis 28:1  New International Version

28 So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed(A) him. Then he commanded him: “Do not marry a Canaanite woman.(B)

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  1. Genesis 28:1 : S Ge 24:60
  2. Genesis 28:1 : Ge 24:3
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Genesis 31:55  New International Version

55 Early the next morning Laban kissed his grandchildren and his daughters(A) and blessed(B) them. Then he left and returned home.[a](C)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 31:55 In Hebrew texts this verse (31:55) is numbered 32:1.

Cross references

  1. Genesis 31:55 : S ver 28; Ru 1:9
  2. Genesis 31:55 : S Ge 24:60; S Ex 39:43
  3. Genesis 31:55 : Ge 18:33
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Genesis 48:9  New International Version

9 “They are the sons God has given me here,”(A) Joseph said to his father.

Then Israel said, “Bring them to me so I may bless(B) them.”

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Cross references

  1. Genesis 48:9 : S Ge 33:5
  2. Genesis 48:9 : S Ge 24:60
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Genesis 48:15  New International Version

15 Then he blessed(A) Joseph and said,

“May the God before whom my fathers
    Abraham and Isaac walked faithfully,(B)
the God who has been my shepherd(C)
    all my life to this day,

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Cross references

  1. Genesis 48:15 : S Ge 24:60
  2. Genesis 48:15 : S Ge 5:22
  3. Genesis 48:15 : Ge 49:24; 2Sa 5:2; Ps 23:1; 80:1; Isa 40:11; Jer 23:4
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Genesis 48:20  New International Version

20 He blessed(A) them that day(B) and said,

“In your[a] name will Israel(C) pronounce this blessing:(D)
    ‘May God make you like Ephraim(E) and Manasseh.(F)’”

So he put Ephraim ahead of Manasseh.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 48:20 The Hebrew is singular.

Cross references

  1. Genesis 48:20 : S Ge 24:60
  2. Genesis 48:20 : Heb 11:21
  3. Genesis 48:20 : S ver 2
  4. Genesis 48:20 : Lev 9:22; Nu 6:23; Dt 10:8; 21:5
  5. Genesis 48:20 : Nu 2:18; Jer 31:9
  6. Genesis 48:20 : S Ge 41:51; Nu 2:20; 10:23; Ru 4:11
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Joshua 22:6  New International Version

6 Then Joshua blessed(A) them and sent them away, and they went to their homes.

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  1. Joshua 22:6 : S Ge 24:60; S Ex 39:43
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