Gen 20:7, 27:36-40, 48:14-20, Gen 49, Psa 105:8-15, Act 2:39, 13:26 | ESV | STEP | Now then, return the man’s wife , for he is a prophet , so that he will pray for you , and you shall live . But if you do not return her, know that you shall surely die , you and all who are yours.

7 Now then, return the man’s wife, ^afor he is a prophet, so that he will pray for you, and you shall live. But if you do not return her, know that you shall surely die, you ^band all who are yours.”

Genesis 27:36-40

36 Esau said, ^c“Is he not rightly named Jacob? ^{▼▼ Jacob means He takes by the heel, or He cheats} For he has cheated me these two times. ^eHe 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, ^fI have made him lord over you, and all his brothers I have given to him for servants, and ^gwith 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 ^hEsau lifted up his voice and wept.

39 Then Isaac his father answered and said to him:

“Behold, ⁱaway from ^{▼▼Or Behold, of} the fatness of the earth shall your dwelling be,
and away from ^{▼▼Or and of} the dew of heaven on high.
40 By your sword you shall live,
and you ^lshall serve your brother;
but when you grow restless
^myou shall break his yoke from your neck.”

Genesis 48:14-20

14 ⁿAnd Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it on the head of Ephraim, who was the younger, and his left hand on the head of Manasseh, ^ocrossing his hands (for Manasseh was the firstborn). 15 And he blessed Joseph and said,

“The God ^pbefore whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked,
the God who has been my shepherd all my life long to this day,
16 ^qthe angel who has ^rredeemed me from all evil, bless the boys;
and in them let ^smy name be carried on, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac;
and let them ^tgrow into a multitude ^{▼▼Or let them be like fish for multitude} in the midst of the earth.”
17 When Joseph saw that his father ^vlaid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him, and he took his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head. 18 And Joseph said to his father, “Not this way, my father; since this one is the firstborn, put your right hand on his head.” 19 But his father refused and said, ^w“I know, my son, I know. He also shall become a people, and he also shall be great. Nevertheless, ^xhis younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude ^{▼▼Hebrew fullness} of nations.” 20 So he blessed them that day, saying,

“By you Israel will pronounce blessings, saying,
^z‘God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh.’”
Thus he put Ephraim before Manasseh.

Genesis 49

Jacob Blesses His Sons

1 ^aaThen Jacob called his sons and said, “Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you what shall happen to you ^abin days to come.

2 “Assemble and listen, O sons of Jacob,
listen to Israel your father.
3 “Reuben, you are ^acmy firstborn,
my might, and the ^adfirstfruits of my strength,
preeminent in dignity and preeminent in power.
4 Unstable as water, you shall not have preeminence,
because you ^aewent up to your father’s bed;
then you defiled it—he went up to my couch!
5 ^af“Simeon and Levi are brothers;
weapons ^agof violence are their swords.
6 Let my soul come not into their council;
^ahO my glory, ^aibe not joined to their company.
For in their anger they killed men,
and in their willfulness they ^ajhamstrung oxen.
7 Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce,
and their wrath, for it is cruel!
I will ^akdivide them in Jacob
and scatter them in Israel.
8 “Judah, ^alyour brothers shall praise you;
^amyour hand shall be on the neck of your enemies;
^anyour father’s sons shall bow down before you.
9 Judah is ^aoa lion’s cub;
from the prey, my son, you have gone up.
^apHe stooped down; he crouched as a lion
and as a lioness; who dares rouse him?
10 The ^aqscepter shall not depart from Judah,
nor the ruler’s staff ^arfrom between his feet,
until tribute comes to him; ^{▼▼By a slight revocalization; a slight emendation yields (compare Septuagint, Syriac, Targum) until he comes to whom it belongs; Hebrew until Shiloh comes, or until he comes to Shiloh}
and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.
11 Binding his foal to the vine
and his donkey’s colt to the choice vine,
he has washed his garments in wine
and his vesture in the blood of grapes.
12 His ^ateyes are darker than wine,
and his teeth whiter than milk.
13 ^au“Zebulun shall dwell at the ^avshore of the sea;
he shall become a haven for ships,
and his border shall be at Sidon.
14 ^aw“Issachar is a strong donkey,
crouching between the sheepfolds. ^{▼▼Or between its saddlebags}
15 He saw that a resting place was good,
and that the land was pleasant,
so he bowed his shoulder to bear,
and ^aybecame a servant at forced labor.
16 ^az“Dan shall ^bajudge his people
as one of the tribes of Israel.
17 Dan ^bbshall be a serpent in the way,
a viper by the path,
that bites the horse’s heels
so that his rider falls backward.
18 I ^bcwait for your salvation, O Lord.
19 ^bd“Raiders shall raid ^beGad, ^{▼▼ Gad sounds like the Hebrew for raiders and raid}
but he shall raid at their heels.
20 ^bg“Asher’s food shall be rich,
and he shall yield royal delicacies.
21 ^bh“Naphtali is a doe let loose
that bears beautiful fawns. ^{▼▼Or he gives beautiful words, or that bears fawns of the fold}
22 “Joseph is ^bja fruitful bough,
a fruitful bough by a spring;
his branches run over the wall. ^{▼▼Or Joseph is a wild donkey, a wild donkey beside a spring, his wild colts beside the wall}
23 The archers ^blbitterly attacked him,
shot at him, and harassed him severely,
24 yet ^bmhis bow remained unmoved;
his arms ^{▼▼Hebrew the arms of his hands} were made agile
by the hands of the ^boMighty One of Jacob
(from there is ^bpthe Shepherd, ^{▼▼Or by the name of the Shepherd} ^brthe Stone of Israel),
25 ^bsby the God of your father who will help you,
by ^btthe Almighty ^{▼▼Hebrew Shaddai} ^bvwho will bless you
with blessings of heaven above,
blessings of the deep that crouches beneath,
blessings of the breasts and of the womb.
26 The blessings of your father
are mighty beyond the blessings of my parents,
up to the bounties ^bwof the everlasting hills. ^{▼▼A slight emendation yields (compare Septuagint) the blessings of the eternal mountains, the bounties of the everlasting hills}
May they be ^byon the head of Joseph,
and on the brow of him who was set apart from his brothers.
27 ^bz“Benjamin is a ravenous wolf,
in the morning devouring the prey
and at evening ^cadividing the spoil.”

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. 29 Then he commanded them and said to them, “I am to be ^cbgathered to my people; ^ccbury me with my fathers ^cdin the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, 30 in the cave that is in the field at Machpelah, to the east of Mamre, in the land of Canaan, ^cewhich Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite to possess as a burying place. 31 ^cfThere they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife. There ^cgthey buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife, and there I buried Leah— 32 the field and the cave that is in it were bought from the Hittites.” 33 When Jacob finished commanding his sons, he drew up his feet into the bed and breathed his last and ^chwas gathered to his people.

Psalms 105:8-15

8 He ^ciremembers his covenant forever,
the word that he commanded, for ^cja thousand generations,
9 ^ckthe covenant that he made with Abraham,
his ^clsworn promise to Isaac,
10 which he confirmed to ^cmJacob as a statute,
to Israel as an everlasting covenant,
11 saying, ^cn“To you I will give the land of Canaan
as ^coyour portion for an inheritance.”
12 When they were ^cpfew in number,
of little account, and ^cqsojourners in it,
13 wandering from nation to nation,
from one kingdom to another people,
14 he ^crallowed no one to oppress them;
he ^csrebuked kings on their account,
15 saying, ^ct“Touch not my anointed ones,
do my prophets no harm!”

Acts 2:39

39 For ^cuthe promise is for you and ^cvfor your children and for all ^cwwho are far off, everyone ^cxwhom the Lord our God calls to himself.”

Acts 13:26

26 “Brothers, sons of the family of Abraham, and those among you ^cywho fear God, to us has been sent ^czthe message of ^dathis salvation.