⁴ Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and greeted the harvesters, “The Lord be with you!^(A)”

“The Lord bless you!^(B)” they answered.

²⁰ Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, saying, “May the Lord give you children by this woman to take the place of the one she prayed^(A) for and gave to^[a] the Lord.” Then they would go home.

¹² “Then all the nations will call you blessed,^(A) for yours will be a delightful land,”^(B) says the Lord Almighty.^(C)

²⁵ And you are heirs^(A) of the prophets and of the covenant^(B) God made with your fathers. He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all peoples on earth will be blessed.’^{[a](C) 26} When God raised up^(D) his servant, he sent him first^(E) to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.”

⁸ And God is able^(A) to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need,^(B) you will abound in every good work.