(NIV)
God blessed them and said, ‘Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth.’
And
God blessed them,
saying,
“Be
fruitful and
multiply and
fill the
waters in the
seas, and let
birds multiply on the
earth.”
(NIV)
God blessed them and said to them, ‘Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.’
And
God blessed them. And
God said to them, “Be
fruitful and
multiply and
fill the
earth and
subdue it, and have
dominion over the
fish of the
sea and over the
birds of the
heavens and over
every living thing that
moves on the
earth.”
(NIV)
Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.
So
God blessed the
seventh day and made it
holy,
because on it God
rested from
all his
work that he had
done in
creation.
(NIV)
He created them male and female and blessed them. And he named them ‘Mankind’ when they were created.
Male and
female he
created them, and he
blessed them and
named them
Man when
they were
created.
(NIV)
Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, ‘Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth.
And
God blessed Noah and his
sons and
said to them, “Be
fruitful and
multiply and
fill the
earth.
(NIV)
He also said,
‘Praise be to the
Lord, the God of Shem!
May Canaan be the slave of Shem.
He also
said,
“
Blessed be the
Lord, the
God of
Shem;
and let
Canaan be his servant.
(NIV)
‘I will make you into a great nation,
and I will bless you;
I will make your name great,
and you will be a blessing.
And I will
make of you a
great nation, and I will
bless you and make your
name great, so that you will
be a
blessing.
(NIV)
I will bless those who bless you,
and whoever curses you I will curse;
and all peoples on earth
will be blessed through you.’
I will
bless those who
bless you, and him who
dishonors you I will
curse, and
in you
all the
families of the
earth shall be
blessed.”
(NIV)
And when Pharaoh’s officials saw her, they praised her to Pharaoh, and she was taken into his palace.
And when the
princes of
Pharaoh saw her, they
praised her
to Pharaoh. And the
woman was
taken into
Pharaoh’s house.
(NIV)
and he blessed Abram, saying,
‘Blessed be Abram by God Most High,
Creator of heaven and earth.
And he
blessed him and
said,
“
Blessed be
Abram by
God Most High,
Possessor of
heaven and
earth;
(NIV)
And praise be to God Most High,
who delivered your enemies into your hand.’
Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.
and
blessed be
God Most High,
who has
delivered your
enemies into your
hand!”
And Abram
gave him a
tenth of
everything.
(NIV)
I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will come from her.’
I will
bless her, and
moreover, I will
give you a
son by her. I will
bless her, and she shall
become nations;
kings of
peoples shall
come from her.”
(NIV)
And as for Ishmael, I have heard you: I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and will greatly increase his numbers. He will be the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.
As for
Ishmael, I have
heard you;
behold, I have
blessed him and will make him
fruitful and
multiply him
greatly. He shall
father twelve princes, and I will
make him into a
great nation.
(NIV)
Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all nations on earth will be blessed through him.
seeing that
Abraham shall surely become a
great and
mighty nation, and
all the
nations of the
earth shall be
blessed in him?
(NIV)
I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies,
I will
surely bless you, and I will
surely multiply your
offspring as the
stars of
heaven and
as the
sand that is
on the
seashore. And your
offspring shall
possess the
gate of his
enemies,
(NIV)
and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed me.’
and
in your
offspring shall
all the
nations of the
earth be
blessed,
because you have
obeyed my voice.”
(NIV)
Abraham was now very old, and the
Lord had blessed him in every way.
Now
Abraham was
old,
well advanced in
years. And the
Lord had
blessed Abraham in all things.
(NIV)
He made the camels kneel down near the well outside the town; it was towards evening, the time the women go out to draw water.
And he made the
camels kneel down outside the
city by the
well of
water at the
time of
evening, the
time when women
go out to
draw water.
(NIV)
saying, ‘Praise be to the
Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not abandoned his kindness and faithfulness to my master. As for me, the
Lord has led me on the journey to the house of my master’s relatives.’
and
said, “
Blessed be the
Lord,
the
God of my
master Abraham,
who has
not forsaken his
steadfast love and his
faithfulness toward my
master. As for me, the
Lord has
led me in the
way to the
house of
my master’s kinsmen.”
(NIV)
‘Come, you who are blessed by the
Lord,’ he said. ‘Why are you standing out here? I have prepared the house and a place for the camels.’
He
said, “
Come in,
O
blessed of the
Lord.
Why do you
stand outside? For
I have
prepared the
house and a
place for the
camels.”
(NIV)
The
Lord has blessed my master abundantly, and he has become wealthy. He has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, male and female servants, and camels and donkeys.
The
Lord has
greatly blessed my
master, and he has become
great. He has
given him
flocks and
herds,
silver and
gold, male
servants and
female servants,
camels and
donkeys.
(NIV)
and I bowed down and worshipped the
Lord. I praised the
Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me on the right road to get the granddaughter of my master’s brother for his son.
Then I bowed my
head and
worshiped the
Lord and
blessed the
Lord,
the
God of my
master Abraham,
who had
led me by the
right way to
take the
daughter of my
master’s kinsman for
his son.
(NIV)
And they blessed Rebekah and said to her,
‘Our sister, may you increase
to thousands upon thousands;
may your offspring possess
the cities of their enemies.’
And they
blessed Rebekah and
said to her,
“
Our sister, may you
becomethousands of
ten thousands,
and may your
offspring possessthe
gate of those who
hate him!”
(NIV)
After Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac, who then lived near Beer Lahai Roi.
After the
death of
Abraham,
God blessed Isaac his
son. And
Isaac settled at Beer-lahai-roi.
(NIV)
Stay in this land for a while, and I will be with you and will bless you. For to you and your descendants I will give all these lands and will confirm the oath I swore to your father Abraham.
Sojourn in this
land, and I will
be with you and will
bless you, for
to you and to your
offspring I will
give all
these lands, and I will
establish the
oath that I
swore to
Abraham your father.
(NIV)
I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed,
I will
multiply your
offspring as the
stars of
heaven and will
give to your
offspring all
these lands. And
in your
offspring all the
nations of the
earth shall be
blessed,
(NIV)
Isaac planted crops in that land and the same year reaped a hundredfold, because the
Lord blessed him.
And
Isaac sowed in that
land and
reaped in the same
year a
hundredfold. The
Lord blessed him,
(NIV)
That night the
Lord appeared to him and said, ‘I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bless you and will increase the number of your descendants for the sake of my servant Abraham.’
And the
Lord appeared to him the same
night and
said,
“
I am the
God of
Abraham your
father.
Fear not, for I am
with you and will
bless you and
multiply your
offspring for
my servant Abraham’s sake.”
(NIV)
that you will do us no harm, just as we did not harm you but always treated you well and sent you away peacefully. And now you are blessed by the
Lord.’
that you will
do us no
harm, just as we have
not touched you and have
done to you
nothing but good and have
sent you away in
peace.
You are
now the
blessed of the
Lord.”
(NIV)
Prepare me the kind of tasty food I like and bring it to me to eat, so that I may give you my blessing before I die.’
and
prepare for me
delicious food, such
as I
love, and
bring it to me so that I may
eat, that my
soul may
bless you
before I
die.”
(NIV)
“Bring me some game and prepare me some tasty food to eat, so that I may give you my blessing in the presence of the
Lord before I die.”
‘
Bring me
game and
prepare for me
delicious food, that I may
eat it and
bless you
before the
Lord before I
die.’
(NIV)
Then take it to your father to eat, so that he may give you his blessing before he dies.’
And you shall
bring it to your
father to
eat,
so that he may
bless you
before he
dies.”
(NIV)
Jacob said to his father, ‘I am Esau your firstborn. I have done as you told me. Please sit up and eat some of my game, so that you may give me your blessing.’
Jacob said to his
father, “
I am
Esau your
firstborn. I have
done as you
told me; now
sit up and
eat of my
game, that
your soul may
bless me.”
(NIV)
He did not recognise him, for his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau; so he proceeded to bless him.
And he did
not recognize him,
because his
hands were
hairy like his
brother Esau’s hands.
So he
blessed him.
(NIV)
Then he said, ‘My son, bring me some of your game to eat, so that I may give you my blessing.’
Jacob brought it to him and he ate; and he brought some wine and he drank.
Then he
said, “Bring it
near to me,
that I may
eat of my
son’s game and bless you.” So he brought it
near to him, and he
ate; and he
brought him
wine, and he
drank.
(NIV)
So he went to him and kissed him. When Isaac caught the smell of his clothes, he blessed him and said,
‘Ah, the smell of my son
is like the smell of a field
that the
Lord has blessed.
So he came
near and
kissed him. And Isaac
smelled the
smell of his
garments and
blessed him and
said,
“
See,
the
smell of my
sonis as the
smell of a
field that the
Lord has
blessed!
(NIV)
May nations serve you
and peoples bow down to you.
Be lord over 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.’
Let
peoples serve you,
and
nations bow down to you.
Be lord over your
brothers,
and may your
mother’s sons bow down to you.
Cursed be everyone who
curses you,
and
blessed be everyone who
blesses you!”
(NIV)
After Isaac finished blessing him, and Jacob had scarcely left his father’s presence, his brother Esau came in from hunting.
As soon as
Isaac had
finished blessing Jacob, when
Jacob had
scarcely gone out from the
presence of
Isaac his
father,
Esau his
brother came in from
his hunting.
(NIV)
He too prepared some tasty food and brought it to his father. Then he said to him, ‘My father, please sit up and eat some of my game, so that you may give me your blessing.’
He also
prepared delicious food and
brought it to his
father. And he
said to his
father, “Let my
father arise and
eat of his
son’s game, that
you may
bless me.”
(NIV)
Isaac trembled violently and said, ‘Who was it, then, that hunted game and brought it to me? I ate it just before you came and I blessed him – and indeed he will be blessed!’
Then
Isaac trembled very
violently and
said, “
Who was
it then that
hunted game and
brought it to me, and I
ate it
all before you
came, and I have
blessed him? Yes, and he shall
be blessed.”
(NIV)
When Esau heard his father’s words, he burst out with a loud and bitter cry and said to his father, ‘Bless me – me too, my father!’
As soon as
Esau heard the
words of his
father,
he cried out with an exceedingly great and
bitter cry and said to his
father, “
Bless me, even me
also, O
my father!”
(NIV)
Esau said to his father, ‘Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me too, my father!’ Then Esau wept aloud.
Esau said to his
father, “Have you but
one blessing, my
father?
Bless me, even me
also, O
my father.” And
Esau lifted up his
voice and
wept.
(NIV)
Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. He said to himself, ‘The days of mourning for my father are near; then I will kill my brother Jacob.’
Now
Esau hated Jacob because of the
blessing with
which his
father had
blessed him, and
Esau said to
himself,
“The
days of
mourning for my
father are
approaching;
then I will
kill my brother Jacob.”
(NIV)
When your brother is no longer angry with you and forgets what you did to him, I’ll send word for you to come back from there. Why should I lose both of you in one day?’
until your
brother’s anger turns away from you, and he
forgets what you have
done to him. Then I will
send and
bring you from
there.
Why should I be
bereft of you
both in
one day?”
(NIV)
So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. Then he commanded him: ‘Do not marry a Canaanite woman.
Then
Isaac called Jacob and
blessed him and
directed him, “You must
not take a
wife from the
Canaanite women.
(NIV)
May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and increase your numbers until you become a community of peoples.
God Almighty bless you and make you
fruitful and
multiply you, that you may
become a
company of
peoples.
(NIV)
Now Esau learned that Isaac had blessed Jacob and had sent him to Paddan Aram to take a wife from there, and that when he blessed him he commanded him, ‘Do not marry a Canaanite woman,’
Now
Esau saw that
Isaac had
blessed Jacob and
sent him away to
Paddan-aram to
take a
wife from
there, and that as he
blessed him he
directed him, “You must
not take a
wife from the
Canaanite women,”
(NIV)
Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south. All peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.
Your
offspring shall be like the
dust of the
earth, and you shall
spread abroad to the
west and to the
east and to the
north and to the
south, and in you and
your offspring shall
all the
families of the
earth be
blessed.
(NIV)
She conceived again, and when she gave birth to a son she said, ‘This time I will praise the
Lord.’ So she named him Judah. Then she stopped having children.
And she
conceived again and
bore a
son, and
said, “This
time I will
praise the
Lord.”
Therefore she
called his
name Judah. Then she
ceased bearing.
(NIV)
But Laban said to him, ‘If I have found favour in your eyes, please stay. I have learned by divination that the
Lord has blessed me because of you.’
But
Laban said to him, “
If I have
found favor in your
sight, I have learned by
divination that the
Lord has
blessed me because of
you.
(NIV)
The little you had before I came has increased greatly, and the
Lord has blessed you wherever I have been. But now, when may I do something for my own household?’
For you had
little before I came, and it has
increased abundantly, and the
Lord has
blessed you wherever I
turned. But
now when shall I
provide for
my own
household also?”
(NIV)
Jacob heard that Laban’s sons were saying, ‘Jacob has taken everything our father owned and has gained all this wealth from what belonged to our father.’
Now Jacob
heard that the
sons of
Laban were
saying, “
Jacob has
taken all that was our
father’s, and
from what was our
father’s he has
gained all this wealth.”
(NIV)
Early the next morning Laban kissed his grandchildren and his daughters and blessed them. Then he left and returned home.
Early in the
morning Laban arose and
kissed his
grandchildren and his
daughters and
blessed them. Then
Laban departed and
returned home.
(NIV)
Then the man said, ‘Let me go, for it is daybreak.’
But Jacob replied, ‘I will not let you go unless you bless me.’
Then he
said, “Let me
go, for the
day has
broken.” But Jacob
said,
“I will
not let you
go unless you
bless me.”
(NIV)
Jacob said, ‘Please tell me your name.’
But he replied, ‘Why do you ask my name?’ Then he blessed him there.
Then
Jacob asked him, “
Please tell me your
name.” But he
said,
“
Why is
it that you
ask my
name?” And
there he
blessed him.
(NIV)
After Jacob returned from Paddan Aram, God appeared to him again and blessed him.
God appeared to Jacob again, when he
came from
Paddan-aram, and
blessed him.
(NIV)
From the time he put him in charge of his household and of all that he owned, the
Lord blessed the household of the Egyptian because of Joseph. The blessing of the
Lord was on everything Potiphar had, both in the house and in the field.
From the
time that he made him
overseer in his
house and
over all that he
had, the
Lord blessed the
Egyptian’s house for
Joseph’s sake; the
blessing of the
Lord was on
all that he
had, in
house and
field.
(NIV)
The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot him.
Yet the
chief cupbearer did
not remember Joseph, but
forgot him.
(NIV)
but seven years of famine will follow them. Then all the abundance in Egypt will be forgotten, and the famine will ravage the land.
but
after them there will
arise seven years of
famine, and
all the
plenty will be
forgotten in the
land of
Egypt.
The
famine will
consume the
land,
(NIV)
Tell my father about all the honour accorded me in Egypt and about everything you have seen. And bring my father down here quickly.’
You must
tell my
father of
all my
honor in
Egypt, and of
all that you have
seen.
Hurry and bring my
father down here.”
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