Genesis 27:20-40

20But Isaac said to his son, “How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?” He answered, “Because the Lord your God granted me success.” 21Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come near, that I ^amay feel you, my son, to know whether you are really my son Esau or not.” 22So Jacob went near to Isaac his father, who felt him and said, “The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.” 23And he did not recognize him, because ^bhis hands were hairy like his brother Esau’s hands. ^cSo he blessed him. 24He said, “Are you really my son Esau?” He answered, “I am.” 25Then he said, “Bring it near to me, ^dthat 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.

26Then his father Isaac said to him, “Come near and kiss me, my son.” 27So he came near and kissed him. And Isaac smelled the smell of his garments ^eand blessed him and said,

“See, ^fthe smell of my son
is as the smell of a field that the Lord has blessed!
28May God give you of ^gthe dew of heaven
and of the fatness of the earth
and ^hplenty of grain and wine.
29Let peoples serve you,
and nations ⁱbow down to you.
^jBe lord over your brothers,
and may your mother’s sons bow down to you.
^kCursed be everyone who curses you,
and blessed be everyone who blesses you!”
30As 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. 31He 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.” 32His father Isaac said to him, “Who are you?” He answered, “I am your son, your firstborn, Esau.” 33Then 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.” 34As soon as Esau heard the words of his father, ^lhe cried out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry and said to his father, “Bless me, even me also, O my father!” 35But he said, “Your brother came deceitfully, and he has taken away your blessing.” 36Esau said, ^m“Is he not rightly named Jacob? ▼

▼ Jacob means He takes by the heel, or He cheats

For he has cheated me these two times. ^oHe took away my birthright, and behold, now he has taken away my blessing.” Then he said, “Have you not reserved a blessing for me?” 37Isaac answered and said to Esau, “Behold, ^pI have made him lord over you, and all his brothers I have given to him for servants, and ^qwith grain and wine I have sustained him. What then can I do for you, my son?” 38Esau said to his father, “Have you but one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father.” And ^rEsau lifted up his voice and wept.

39Then Isaac his father answered and said to him:

“Behold, ^saway 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.
40By your sword you shall live,
and you ^vshall serve your brother;
but when you grow restless
^wyou shall break his yoke from your neck.”

Genesis 28:1-4

Jacob Sent to Laban

1Then Isaac called Jacob ^xand blessed him and directed him, ^y“You must not take a wife from the Canaanite women. 2 ^zArise, go to Paddan-aram to the house of ^aaBethuel your mother’s father, and take as your wife from there one of the daughters of Laban your mother’s brother. 3 ^abGod Almighty ▼

▼Hebrew El Shaddai

bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, that you may become a company of peoples. 4May he give ^adthe blessing of Abraham to you and to your offspring with you, that you may take possession of ^aethe land of your sojournings that God gave to Abraham!”

Genesis 47:7-10

7Then Joseph brought in Jacob his father and stood him before Pharaoh, ^afand Jacob blessed Pharaoh. 8And Pharaoh said to Jacob, “How many are the days of the years of your life?” 9And Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The days of the years of my ^agsojourning are 130 years. ^ahFew and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and ^aithey have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their ^ajsojourning.” 10And Jacob ^akblessed Pharaoh and went out from the presence of Pharaoh.

Genesis 48:15-20

15And he blessed Joseph and said,

“The God ^albefore whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked,
the God who has been my shepherd all my life long to this day,
16 ^amthe angel who has ^anredeemed me from all evil, bless the boys;
and in them let ^aomy name be carried on, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac;
and let them ^apgrow into a multitude ▼

▼Or  let them be like fish for multitude

in the midst of the earth.”
17When Joseph saw that his father ^arlaid 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. 18And Joseph said to his father, “Not this way, my father; since this one is the firstborn, put your right hand on his head.” 19But his father refused and said, ^as“I know, my son, I know. He also shall become a people, and he also shall be great. Nevertheless, ^athis younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude ▼

▼Hebrew fullness

of nations.” 20So he blessed them that day, saying,

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

Genesis 49:28

Jacob’s Death and Burial

28All 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.

Numbers 6:23-27

23“Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, Thus ^awyou shall bless the people of Israel: you shall say to them,

24 The Lord ^axbless you and ^aykeep you;
25the Lord ^azmake his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you;
26the Lord ^balift up his countenance ▼

▼Or face

upon you and give you peace.
27 ^bc“So shall they put my name upon the people of Israel, and I will bless them.”

Hebrews 11:20-21

20By faith ^bdIsaac invoked future blessings on Jacob and Esau. 21By faith ^beJacob, when dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, ^bfbowing in worship over the head of his staff.