Blessing

How Nave’s arranged it

• For blessing before eating, see [585]PRAYER
• See Thanksgiving and Prayer Before Taking Food
• See [587]BENEDICTIONS
• RESPONSIVE BLESSINGS OF THE LAWDeuteronomy 28:1–14
• For the responsive curses of the law, see [588]CURSE
• CONTINGENT UPON OBEDIENCEExodus 15:26Exodus 19:5Exodus 20:6Exodus 23:22Leviticus 26:3–43Deuteronomy 4:1Deuteronomy 4:40Deuteronomy 5:10Deuteronomy 5:29Deuteronomy 7:9Deuteronomy 7:12–15Deuteronomy 11:26–28Deuteronomy 12:28Deuteronomy 15:4Deuteronomy 15:5Deuteronomy 28:1–14Deuteronomy 29:9Deuteronomy 30:1–10Deuteronomy 30:15–20Joshua 1:8
• See Faithfulness
• See Contingencies
• SPIRITUAL, FROM GOD Jude 1:24Genesis 49:24Exodus 15:2Exodus 31:13Exodus 33:16Leviticus 21:8Deuteronomy 33:25Deuteronomy 33:271 Samuel 2:4Nehemiah 8:10Job 23:6Psalms 1:3Psalms 18:1Psalms 18:2Psalms 18:28Psalms 18:32Psalms 18:35Psalms 18:36Psalms 23:2Psalms 23:3Psalms 27:14
• See Regeneration
• See Sanctification
• TEMPORAL, FROM GODGenesis 1:30Genesis 8:22Genesis 9:1–3Genesis 22:17Genesis 26:4Genesis 26:5Genesis 28:20Genesis 28:21Genesis 49:11Genesis 49:12Genesis 49:20Genesis 49:24Genesis 49:25Exodus 15:26Exodus 23:22Exodus 23:25Exodus 23:26Exodus 34:24Leviticus 25:20–22Leviticus 26:4–10

The passages, in Bible order (396)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 1:30

   And to every beast of the earth and every bird of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth—everything that has the breath of life in it—I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 1:301 voice

   “And it came to be so, that is, that man might rule over all that were created on land or in the waters, and that he might receive the faculty and power to eat from the fruits of the earth along with the birds of …

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2. Genesis 7:1

   Then the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 7:12 voices

   “However, a higher understanding leads us to think that the strength of the mind is in the soul, and the soul is in the body, just as the head of the household is in his own home. For what the mind is in the soul, that is the soul in the body. If the mind is safe, the house is safe, the soul is safe; if the soul is unharmed, the flesh is unharmed.

   “And the Lord said unto Noah,....

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3. Genesis 8:22

   As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall never cease.”

   ›Commentary on Genesis 8:221 voice

   “And because there was neither planting nor harvest during that year and the seasonal cycles had been disturbed, God restored to the earth that which had been taken away in his anger. God then said, "All the days of the earth, planting and harvest, cold …

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4. Genesis 9:1–3

   And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 9:1–32 voices

   “And the Lord blessed Noah and his sons and said to them: Be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth; and the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, …

   “And God blessed Noah and his sons,....

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5. Genesis 15:2–4

   But Abram replied, “O Lord GOD, what can You give me, since I remain childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”

   ›Commentary on Genesis 15:2–41 voice

   “Let us also consider what recompense he requests from the Lord. He does not ask for riches, as would a greedy person, nor for a long life in this world, as would one who fears death, nor for power. Rather he asks for an heir worthy of his work. "What will you give me?"—he says—"I am about to depart without children." And then he says, "Because you have not given me posterity, a slave born in my house will be my heir." Let everyone learn therefore not to despise marriage.

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6. Genesis 22:17

   I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 22:172 voices

   “That in blessing I will bless thee,....

   Let us return now to ourselves and treat the moral subject in every detail.The apostle says, as we have already related above, "The first man was of the earth, earthly; the second man from heaven, heavenly. Such as is the earthly, such also are the earthly; and such as is the heavenly, such also are they that are heavenly. As we have borne the image of the earthly, let us bear also the image of the heavenly."

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7. Genesis 24:1

   By now Abraham was old and well along in years, and the LORD had blessed him in every way.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 24:12 voices

   “But indeed, we should not fail to notice from these things that are reported by the literal meaning, what generations and of what sort they are, which are propagated from Keturah.For if we remember these things, we will be able to recognize more easily those things that are said about the diverse nations in the Scriptures. For example, as when it is said that Moses took as his wife the daughter of Jethro, priest of Midian, this Midian is found to be a son of Keturah and Abraham.

   “And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age,....

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8. Genesis 24:12

   “O LORD, God of my master Abraham,” he prayed, “please grant me success today, and show kindness to my master Abraham.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 24:122 voices

   “And he said, O Lord God of my master Abraham,....

   “And he said, O Lord God, etc. - “The conduct of this servant,” says Dr. Dodd, “appears no less pious than rational.

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9. Genesis 24:60

   And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands upon thousands. May your offspring possess the gates of their enemies.”

   ›Commentary on Genesis 24:601 voice

   “And they blessed Rebekah,....

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10. Genesis 25:21

    Later, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD heard his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.

    ›Commentary on Genesis 25:211 voice

    “And Rebecca conceived, and by her patience she untied the knot of sterility. But let us consider what the prophetic and apostolic soul gives birth to and how it gives birth. She went, it says, to inquire of the Lord (Gen. XXV, 22), because the infants in her womb were rejoicing. And she received this answer: Two nations are in your womb (Ibid., 23); for she presumes nothing of her own accord, but in all things she seeks the highest God as the ruler of her plans.

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11. Genesis 26:4

    I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed,

    ›Commentary on Genesis 26:41 voice

    “Observe, too, how the same promises are made to Isaac and to Jacob. For thus He speaks to Isaac: "And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed." And to Jacob: "And in thee and in thy seed shall all families of the earth be blessed." He says that neither to Esau nor to Reuben, nor to any other; only to those of whom the Christ should arise, according to the dispensation, through the Virgin Mary. But if you would consider the blessing of Judah, you would perceive what I say.

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12. Genesis 26:5

    because Abraham listened to My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”

    ›Commentary on Genesis 26:51 voice

    “Because that Abraham obeyed my voice,.... In all things, and particularly in offering up his son at his command: and kept my charge; whatever was given him in charge to observe; this, as Aben Ezra thinks, is the general, of which the particulars follow: my commandments, my statutes, and my laws; whether moral, ceremonial, or civil and judicial; all and everyone which God enjoined him, he was careful to observe.

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13. Genesis 26:12–24

    Now Isaac sowed seed in the land, and that very year he reaped a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him,

    ›Commentary on Genesis 26:12–241 voice

    “(Chapter 26, verse 12) And Isaac sowed in that land, and in that year he reaped a hundredfold. Although Isaac sowed in a foreign land, I do not think that such fertility of barley would have been to him. Therefore, I think the Hebrew version is better, and even Aquila translated it: And he reaped in that year a hundredfold estimated, that is, ἑκατὸν εἰκασμένον. Although the same letters are used for both estimation and barley, the estimations are read as Saarim (), and the barleys as Sorim.

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14. Genesis 26:28

    “We can plainly see that the LORD has been with you,” they replied. “We recommend that there should now be an oath between us and you. Let us make a covenant with you

    ›Commentary on Genesis 26:282 voices

    “And they said, we saw certainly that the Lord was with thee,....

    “Let there be now an oath betwixt us - Let us make a covenant by which we shall be mutually bound, and let it be ratified in the most solemn manner.

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15. Genesis 27:28

    May God give to you the dew of heaven and the richness of the earth— an abundance of grain and new wine.

    ›Commentary on Genesis 27:281 voice

    “These things therefore fit with Christ and also fit quite reasonably with the new people: "May God give you of the dew of heaven and of the fatness of the earth and plenty of grain and wine." The dew of heaven and the fatness of the earth, that is, the Word, was given to us by the Father, together with the participation through the Spirit, and therefore we were made participants in the divine nature through him. And we also received plenty of grain and wine, that is, strength and happiness.

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16. Genesis 27:29

    May peoples serve you and nations bow down to you. May you be the master of your brothers, and may the sons of your mother bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed, and those who bless you be blessed.”

    ›Commentary on Genesis 27:291 voice

    “Afterward the power of blessing is transferred again to the Immanuel himself. "And let nations serve you, and princes bow down to you, and be lord of your brother." The Immanuel was called "the firstborn" when he became so with reference to us, "among many brothers." But for this reason we must not forget that he is God and the Lord of the universe. We worship him as God, and he has reigned as God over those who are called from the brothers through grace.

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