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Lexicon :: Strong's H1288 - bāraḵ

Aa
בָּרַךְ
Transliteration
bāraḵ
Pronunciation
baw-rak'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 285

Strong’s Definitions

בָּרַךְ bârak, baw-rak'; a primitive root; to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason):—× abundantly, × altogether, × at all, blaspheme, bless, congratulate, curse, × greatly, × indeed, kneel (down), praise, salute, × still, thank.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 330x

The KJV translates Strong's H1288 in the following manner: bless (302x), salute (5x), curse (4x), blaspheme (2x), blessing (2x), praised (2x), kneel down (2x), congratulate (1x), kneel (1x), make to kneel (1x), miscellaneous (8x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 330x
The KJV translates Strong's H1288 in the following manner: bless (302x), salute (5x), curse (4x), blaspheme (2x), blessing (2x), praised (2x), kneel down (2x), congratulate (1x), kneel (1x), make to kneel (1x), miscellaneous (8x).
  1. to bless, kneel

    1. (Qal)

      1. to kneel

      2. to bless

    2. (Niphal) to be blessed, bless oneself

    3. (Piel) to bless

    4. (Pual) to be blessed, be adored

    5. (Hiphil) to cause to kneel

    6. (Hithpael) to bless oneself

  2. (TWOT) to praise, salute, curse

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בָּרַךְ bârak, baw-rak'; a primitive root; to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason):—× abundantly, × altogether, × at all, blaspheme, bless, congratulate, curse, × greatly, × indeed, kneel (down), praise, salute, × still, thank.
STRONGS H1288: Abbreviations
† [בָּרַךְ] 329 verb kneel, bless (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic بَركَ; Ethiopic በረከ፡ Aramaic H1289 בְּרֵךְ Kerb (praise), Palmyrene especially in בריך שמו לעלמא VogPalm. 74 ff. compare 94, 144) —
Qal Imperfect יִבְּרַךְ 2 Chronicles 6:13; נִבְרְכָה Psalm 95:6; בָּרוֺךְ (see Pi.); Passive participle בָּרוּךְ Genesis 9:26 + 70 times; —
1. kneel down (so Arabic, Syriac, Ethiopic): וַיִּבְרַךְ עַל־בִּרְכָּיו and he kneeled upon his knees 2 Chronicles 6:13; נִבְרְכָה לפני י׳ let us kneel before Yahweh Psalm 95:6.
2. bless (only passive participle).
a. of God: בָּרוּךְ י׳ blessed be (or is) י׳ Exodus 18:10 (E) Genesis 9:26; Genesis 24:27 (J) Ruth 4:14; 1 Samuel 25:32: 1 Samuel 25:39; 2 Samuel 18:28; 1 Kings 1:48; 1 Kings 5:21; 1 Kings 8:51, 56; 1 Kings 10:9; 1 Chronicles 16:36; 1 Chronicles 29:10; 2 Chronicles 2:11; 2 Chronicles 6:4; 9:8; Ezra 7:27; Psalm 28:6; Psalm 31:22; Psalm 41:14; Psalm 72:18; Psalm 89:53; Psalm 106:48; Psalm 119:12; Psalm 124:6; Psalm 135:21; Psalm 144:1; Zechariah 11:5; אלהים ב׳ Psalm 66:20; Psalm 68:36; אדני ב׳ Psalm 68:20 (probably for an original יהוה); אל עליון ב׳ Genesis 14:20 (E); צוּרִי ב׳ 2 Samuel 22:47 (= Psalm 18:47); כבוד י׳ ב׳ Ezekiel 3:12; שׁם ב׳ כבודו Psalm 72:19.
b. of men: Genesis 27:33 (J) Numbers 22:12 (E) Deuteronomy 7:14; Deuteronomy 28:3, 6; Deuteronomy 33:20, 24; 1 Samuel 25:33; 1 Samuel 26:25; Judges 17:2; 1 Kings 2:45; Psalm 118:26; Isaiah 19:25; Jeremiah 17:7; Jeremiah 20:14; מברכך ברוך blessed be the one blessing thee Genesis 27:29; Numbers 24:9 (E); ליהוה ב׳ Ruth 2:19, 20; Ruth 3:10; 1 Samuel 15:13; 1 Samuel 23:21; 2 Samuel 2:5; Psalm 115:15; לאל עליון ב׳ Genesis 14:19; בְּרוּךְ י׳ Genesis 24:31; Genesis 26:29 (J); בְּרוּכֵי י׳ Isaiah 65:23.
c. things: בָּרוּךְ פרי בטנך blessed be the fruit of thy womb Deuteronomy 28:4 compare Deuteronomy 28:5; 1 Samuel 25:33; Proverbs 5:18.
Niph. Perfect נִבְרְכוּ Genesis 12:3; Genesis 18:18; Genesis 28:14 (J) bless oneself (compare Hithp.).
Pi. 233 Perfect בֵּרַךְ Genesis 24:1 + 29 times; בֵּרֵךְ Psalm 10:3; Numbers 23:20; בֵּרְכוּ 2 Chronicles 20:26; וּבֵרֲכוּ Job 1:5; suffix בֵּרֲכוֺ, בֵּרֲכַּנִי, etc., Genesis 27:27 + 5 times; בֵּרַכְךָ Deuteronomy 2:7 + 9 times; Imperfect יְבָרֵךְ, וַיְּבֶ֫רֶךְ etc., Genesis 28:3 + 52 times; אֲבָֽרֲכָה Genesis 12:3 + 2 times; plural יְבָֽרֲכוּ Genesis 24:60 + 11 times; suffix יְבָרֶכְךָ Genesis 27:10 + 21 times; יְבָֽרֲכֶךָּ Genesis 49:25 + 2 times; יְבָֽרֲכֵהוּ Genesis 14:19 + 16 times; יְבָֽרֲכֵם Genesis 48:20 + 6 times; אֲבָרֶכְכָה Genesis 27:7; תְּבָֽרֲכַּ נִּי Genesis 27:19, 31; יְבָֽרֲכֶנְהוּ Psalm 72:15; יְבָֽרֲכוּכָה Psalm 145:10; Imperative בָּרֵךְ Deuteronomy 33:11 + 29 times; Infinitive construct בָּרֵךְ Genesis 22:17 + 24 times; Infinitive absolute בָּרוֺךְ Joshua 24:10 (Ki, compare Köi. 191, Ew§ 240 b, 2 Ol Sta); Participle מְבָרֵךְ Proverbs 27:14 + 4 times; —
1. bless God, adore with bended knees: accusative ברך י׳ Genesis 24:48 (J) Deuteronomy 8:10; Judges 5:2, 9; 1 Chronicles 29:10, 20; 2 Chronicles 20:26; 31:8; Nehemiah 9:5; Psalm 16:7; Psalm 26:12; Psalm 34:2; Psalm 63:5; Psalm 103:20; Psalm 103:21; Psalm 103:22; Psalm 115:18; Psalm 134:1; Psalm 134:2; Psalm 135:19; Psalm 135:20; Psalm 145:2; Psalm 145:10; ברכי נפשׁי את י׳ Psalm 103:1; Psalm 103:2; Psalm 103:22; Psalm 104:1; Psalm 104:35; ברך שׁם bless the name of Yahweh Nehemiah 9:5; Psalm 96:2; Psalm 100:4; Psalm 145:1, 21; ברך אלהים Joshua 22:33; Psalm 66:8; Psalm 68:27 (doubtless for an original יהוה), with לְ 1 Chronicles 29:20; מְבָרֵךְ אָוָן Isaiah 66:3 (of idolatrous worship).
2. God blesses
4. salute, greet, with an invocation of blessing (stronger than שׁלום):בך יברך ישׂראל with thee will Israel bless Genesis 48:20 (E).
b. in departing Genesis 24:60 (J) Genesis 47:10 (P) 1 Kings 8:66.
e. morning salutation Proverbs 27:14.
f. congratulations for prosperity Genesis 12:3 (J) Genesis 27:29; Numbers 24:9 (E) 1 Kings 1:47; Psalm 49:19; Psalm 62:5.
g. in homage 2 Samuel 14:22; Psalm 72:15.
h. in friendliness 2 Samuel 21:3.
5. bless, with the antithetical meaning curse (Thes) from the greeting in departing, saying adieu to, taking leave of; but rather a blessing overdone and so really a curse as in vulgar English as well as in the Shemitic cognates: 1 Kings 21:10, 13; Job 1:5, 11; Job 2:5, 9; Psalm 10:3.
Pu. Imperfect יְבֹרַךְ 2 Samuel 7:29 + 3 times; תְּבֹרַךְ Judges 5:24; Proverbs 20:21; Participle מְבֹרָךְ Numbers 22:6 + 3 times; feminine מְבֹרֶכֶת Deuteronomy 33:13; מְבֹרָכָיו Psalm 37:22; —
1. passive to be blessed, adored: שׁם י׳ Job 1:21; Psalm 113:2
2. prospered by God:
b. things Deuteronomy 33:13.
3. have prosperity invoked, by Balaam Numbers 22:6.
4. in gratitude Proverbs 22:9; Judges 5:24.
Hiph. וַיַּבְרֵךְ חַגְּמַלִּים and he made his camels kneel Genesis 24:11 (J).
Hithp. הִתְבָּרֵךְ Deuteronomy 29:18 + 3 times; Imperfect יִתְבָּרֵךְ Isaiah 65:16; Psalm 72:17; Participle מִתְבָּרֵךְ Isaiah 65:16; — bless oneself, congratulate onself בלבבו in his heart Deuteronomy 29:18; בזרעך with or by (compare בְּ III. 2. d) thy seed (invoke for oneself the blessing of the see of Abraham) Genesis 22:18; Genesis 26:4 (J); by the Messianic king Psalm 72:17; באלהי אמן Isaiah 65:16; by י׳ Jeremiah 4:2.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:22; 1:28; 2:3; 5:2; 9:1; 9:26; 9:26; 12:2; 12:3; 12:3; 12:3; 12:3; 14:19; 14:19; 14:19; 14:20; 17:16; 17:20; 18:18; 22:17; 22:17; 22:18; 24:1; 24:1; 24:11; 24:27; 24:31; 24:35; 24:48; 24:60; 24:60; 25:11; 26:3; 26:4; 26:12; 26:24; 26:29; 27; 27:4; 27:7; 27:10; 27:19; 27:27; 27:27; 27:29; 27:29; 27:31; 27:33; 28:1; 28:3; 28:3; 28:6; 28:14; 30:27; 30:30; 31:55; 32:26; 32:29; 35:9; 39:5; 47:7; 47:10; 48:3; 48:9; 48:15; 48:16; 48:20; 48:20; 48:20; 49:25; 49:25; 49:28

Exodus

12:32; 18:10; 20:11; 20:24; 23:25; 39:43

Leviticus

9:22; 9:23

Numbers

6:23; 6:24; 6:27; 22:6; 22:6; 22:6; 22:12; 23:11; 23:20; 23:20; 23:20; 23:25; 24:1; 24:9; 24:9; 24:10

Deuteronomy

1:11; 2:7; 2:7; 7:13; 7:14; 8:10; 10:8; 12:7; 14:24; 14:29; 15:4; 15:6; 15:10; 15:14; 15:18; 16:10; 16:15; 21:5; 23:21; 24:13; 24:19; 26:15; 27:12; 28:3; 28:4; 28:5; 28:6; 28:8; 28:12; 29:18; 29:18; 30:16; 33:1; 33:11; 33:11; 33:13; 33:13; 33:20; 33:24

Joshua

8:33; 14:13; 17:14; 22:6; 22:7; 22:33; 24:10; 24:10

Judges

5:2; 5:9; 5:24; 5:24; 13:24; 17:2

Ruth

2:4; 2:19; 2:20; 3:10; 4:14

1 Samuel

2:20; 9:13; 13:10; 15:13; 23:21; 25:14; 25:32; 25:33; 25:33; 25:39; 26:25

2 Samuel

2:5; 6:11; 6:12; 6:18; 6:20; 7:29; 7:29; 7:29; 8:10; 13:25; 14:22; 18:28; 19:40; 21:3; 22:47

1 Kings

1:47; 1:48; 2:45; 8:14; 8:51; 8:55; 8:56; 8:66; 10:9; 21:10; 21:13

2 Kings

4:29; 10:15

1 Chronicles

4:10; 13:14; 16:2; 16:36; 16:43; 17:27; 17:27; 18:10; 23:13; 26:5; 29:10; 29:10; 29:20; 29:20

2 Chronicles

2:11; 6:3; 6:4; 6:13; 6:13; 9:8; 20:26; 20:26; 30:27; 31:8; 31:10

Ezra

7:27

Nehemiah

8:6; 9:5; 9:5; 11:2

Job

1:5; 1:5; 1:10; 1:11; 1:21; 2:5; 2:9; 31:20; 42:12

Psalms

10:3; 10:3; 16:7; 18:47; 26:12; 28:6; 28:9; 29:11; 31:22; 34:2; 37:22; 37:22; 45:3; 49:19; 62:5; 63:5; 65:11; 66:8; 66:20; 67:2; 67:7; 68:20; 68:27; 72:15; 72:15; 72:17; 72:17; 72:18; 72:19; 95:6; 95:6; 96:2; 100:4; 103:1; 103:2; 103:20; 103:21; 103:22; 103:22; 104:1; 104:35; 106:48; 107:38; 109:28; 112:2; 113:2; 115:12; 115:13; 115:15; 115:18; 118:26; 118:26; 119:12; 124:6; 128:4; 128:5; 129:8; 132:15; 134:1; 134:2; 134:3; 135:19; 135:20; 135:21; 144:1; 145:1; 145:2; 145:10; 145:10; 145:21; 147:13

Proverbs

3:33; 5:18; 20:21; 20:21; 22:9; 27:14; 27:14; 30:11

Isaiah

19:25; 19:25; 51:2; 61:9; 65:16; 65:16; 65:16; 65:23; 66:3

Jeremiah

4:2; 17:7; 20:14; 31:23

Ezekiel

3:12

Haggai

2:19

Zechariah

11:5

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1288 matches the Hebrew בָּרַךְ (bāraḵ),
which occurs 330 times in 289 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 6 (Gen 1:22–Gen 32:26)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:22 - God H430 blessed H1288 them, saying H559, “Be H6509 fruitful H6509 and multiply H7235, and fill H4390 the waters H4325 in the seas H3220, and let birds H5775 multiply H7235 on the earth H776.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:28 - God H430 blessed H1288 them; and God H430 said H559 to them, “Be H6509 fruitful H6509 and multiply H7235, and fill H4390 the earth H776, and subdue H3533 it; and rule H7287 over the fish H1710 of the sea H3220 and over the birds H5775 of the sky H8064 and over every H3605 living H2416 thing H2416 that [fn]moves H7430 on the earth H776.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:3 - Then God H430 blessed H1288 the seventh H7637 day H3117 and sanctified H6942 it, because H3588 on it He rested H7673 from all H3605 His work H4399 which H834 God H430 had created H1254 [fn]and made H6213.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:2 - He created H1254 them male H2145 and female H5347, and He blessed H1288 them and named H7121 H8034 them “mankind H120” on the day H3117 when they were created H1254.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:1 -

Then God H430 blessed H1288 Noah H5146 and his sons H1121, and said H559 to them, “Be H6509 fruitful H6509 and multiply H7235, and fill H4390 the earth H776.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:26 -

He also said H559,

“Blessed H1288 be the LORD H3068,

The God H430 of Shem H8035;

And may Canaan H3667 be [fn]his servant H5650.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:2 -

And I will make H6213 you into a great H1419 nation H1471,

And I will bless H1288 you,

And make H1431 your name H8034 great H1431;

And you shall be a blessing H1293;

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:3 -

And I will bless H1288 those who bless H1288 you,

And the one who [fn]curses H7043 you I will [fn]curse H779.

And in you all H3605 the families H4940 of the earth H127 will be blessed H1288.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:19 - And he blessed H1288 him and said H559,

“Blessed H1288 be Abram H87 of [fn]God H430 Most H5945 High H5945,

[fn]Possessor H7069 of heaven H8064 and earth H776;

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:20 -

And blessed H1288 be [fn]God H430 Most H5945 High H5945,

Who H834 has handed H4042 H3027 over H4042 your enemies H6862 to you.”

And he gave H5414 him a tenth H4643 of everything H3605.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:16 - “I will bless H1288 her, and indeed H1571 I will give H5414 you a son H1121 by her. Then I will bless H1288 her, and she shall be a mother of nations H1471; kings H4428 of peoples H5971 will [fn]come H1961 from her.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:20 - “As for Ishmael H3458, I have heard H8085 you; behold H2009, I will bless H1288 him, and make H6509 him fruitful H6509 and multiply H7235 him exceedingly H3966. He shall father H3205 twelve H8147 H6240 princes H5387, and I will make H5414 him into a great H1419 nation H1471.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:18 - since Abraham H85 will certainly H1961 become H1961 a great H1419 and [fn]mighty H6099 nation H1471, and in him all H3605 the nations H1471 of the earth H776 will be blessed H1288?
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:17 - indeed H3588 I will greatly H1288 bless H1288 you, and I will greatly H7235 multiply H7235 your [fn]seed H2233 as the stars H3556 of the heavens H8064 and as the sand H2344, which H834 is on the seashore H3220 H8193; and your [fn]seed H2233 shall possess H3423 the gate H8179 of [fn]their enemies H340.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:18 - “And in your [fn]seed H2233 all H3605 the nations H1471 of the earth H776 shall [fn]be blessed H1288, because H6118 H834 you have obeyed H8085 My voice H6963.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:1 -

Now Abraham H85 was H2204 old H2204, advanced H935 in age H3117; and the LORD H3068 had blessed H1288 Abraham H85 in every H3605 way H3605.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:11 - He made the camels H1581 kneel H1288 down H1288 outside H4480 H2351 the city H5892 by the well H875 of water H4325 [fn]when it was evening H6153, the time H6256 when women go H3318 out H3318 to draw H7579 water H7579.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:27 - And he said H559, “Blessed H1288 be the LORD H3068, the God H430 of my master H113 Abraham H85, who H834 has not abandoned H5800 His kindness H2617 and His trustworthiness H571 toward H4480 H5973 my master H113; as for me, the LORD H3068 has guided H5148 me in the way H1870 to the house H1004 of my master’s H113 brothers H251.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:31 - And he said H559, “Come H935 in H935, blessed H1288 of the LORD H3068! Why H4100 do you stand H5975 outside H2351, since I have prepared H6437 the house H1004, and a place H4725 for the camels H1581?”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:35 - “The LORD H3068 has greatly H3966 blessed H1288 my master H113, so that he has become H1431 [fn]rich H1431; and He has given H5414 him flocks H6629 and herds H1241, and silver H3701 and gold H2091, and servants H5650 and slave H8198 women H8198, and camels H1581 and donkeys H2543.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:48 - “And I bowed H6915 low H6915 and worshiped H2331 the LORD H3068, and blessed H1288 the LORD H3068, the God H430 of my master H113 Abraham H85, who H834 had guided H5148 me in the right H571 way H1870 to take H3947 the daughter H1323 of my master’s H113 brother H251 for his son H1121.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:60 - And they blessed H1288 Rebekah H7259 and said H559 to her,

“May you, our sister H269,

Become H1961 thousands H505 of ten H7233 thousands H7233,

And may your [fn]descendants H2233 possess H3423

The gate H8179 of those who hate H8130 them.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:11 - It came H1961 about H1961 after H310 the death H4194 of Abraham H85, that God H430 blessed H1288 his son H1121 Isaac H3327; and Isaac H3327 [fn]lived H3427 by Beer-lahai-roi H883.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:3 - “Live H1481 for H1481 a H1481 time H1481 in this H2088 land H776 and I will be with you and bless H1288 you, for to you and to your [fn]descendants H2233 I will give H5414 all H3605 these H411 lands H776, and I will establish H6965 the oath H7621 which H834 I swore H7650 to your father H1 Abraham H85.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:4 - “I will multiply H7235 your [fn]descendants H2233 as the stars H3556 of heaven H8064, and will give H5414 your [fn]descendants H2233 all H3605 these H411 lands H776; and by your [fn]descendants H2233 all H3605 the nations H1471 of the earth H776 [fn]shall be blessed H1288,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:12 -

Now Isaac H3327 sowed H2232 in that land H776 and [fn]reaped H4672 in the same H1931 year H8141 a hundred H3967 times H8180 as much. And the LORD H3068 blessed H1288 him,

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:24 - And the LORD H3068 appeared H7200 to him the same H1931 night H3915 and said H559,

“I am the God H430 of your father H1 Abraham H85;

Do not fear H3372, for I am with you.

I will bless H1288 you and multiply H7235 your [fn]descendants H2233,

For the sake H5668 of My servant H5650 Abraham H85.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:29 - that you will do H6213 us no H518 harm H7451, just H834 as H834 we have not touched H5060 you [fn]and have done H6213 to you nothing H7534 but H7534 good H2896, and have sent H7971 you away H7971 in peace H7965. You are now H6258 the blessed H1288 of the LORD H3068.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:4 - and prepare H6213 a delicious H4303 meal H4303 for me such H834 as H834 I love H157, and bring H935 it to me that I may eat H398, so H5668 that H5668 my soul H5315 may bless H1288 you before H2962 I die H4191.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:7 - ‘Bring H935 me some game H6718 and prepare H6213 a delicious H4303 meal H4303 for me, so that I may eat H398, and bless H1288 you in the presence H6440 of the LORD H3068 before H6440 my death H4194.’
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:10 - “Then you shall bring H935 it to your father H1, that he may eat H398, so H5668 H834 that H5668 H834 he may bless H1288 you before H6440 his death H4194.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:19 - Jacob H3290 said H559 to his father H1, “I am Esau H6215 your firstborn H1060; I have done H6213 as you told H1696 me. Come H6965 now H4994, sit H3427 and eat H398 of my game H6718, so H5668 that H5668 [fn]you may bless H1288 me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:23 - And he did not recognize H5234 him, because H3588 his hands H3027 were hairy H8163 like his brother H251 Esau’s H6215 hands H3027; so he blessed H1288 him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:25 - So he said H559, “Bring H5066 it to me, and I will eat H398 of my son’s H1121 game H6718, that [fn]I may bless H1288 you.” And he brought H5066 it to him, and he ate H398; he also brought H935 him wine H3196 and he drank H8354.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:27 - So he came H5066 close H5066 and kissed H5401 him; and when he smelled H7306 the smell H7381 of his garments H899, he blessed H1288 him and said H559,

“See H7200, the smell H7381 of my son H1121

Is like the smell H7381 of a field H7704 which H834 the LORD H3068 has blessed H1288;

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:29 -

May peoples H5971 serve H5647 you,

And nations H3816 bow H2331 down H2331 to you;

Be master H1376 of your brothers H251,

And may your mother’s H517 sons H1121 bow H2331 down H2331 to you.

Cursed H779 be those who curse H779 you,

And blessed H1288 be those who bless H1288 you.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:30 -

Now it came H1961 about H1961, as H834 soon H834 as H834 Isaac H3327 had finished H3615 blessing H1288 Jacob H3290, and Jacob H3290 had hardly H389 H3318 gone H3318 out H3318 from the presence H6440 of his father H1 Isaac H3327, that his brother H251 Esau H6215 came H935 in H935 from his hunting H6718.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:31 - Then he also H1571 made H6213 a delicious H4303 meal H4303, and brought H935 it to his father H1; and he said H559 to his father H1, “Let my father H1 arise H6965 and eat H398 of his son’s H1121 game H6718, that [fn]you may bless H1288 me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:33 - Then Isaac H3327 [fn]trembled H2729 violently H2731 H1419 H5704 H3966, and said H559, “Who H4310 then H645 was he who hunted H6679 game H6718 and brought H935 it to me, so that I ate H398 from all H3605 of it before H2962 you came H935, and blessed H1288 him? Yes H1571, and he shall be blessed H1288.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:34 - When Esau H6215 heard H8085 the words H1697 of his father H1, he cried H6817 out H6817 with an exceedingly H3966 great H1419 and bitter H4751 cry H6818, and said H559 to his father H1, “Bless H1288 me, me as H1571 well H1571, my father H1!”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:38 - Esau H6215 said H559 to his father H1, “Do you have only one H259 blessing H1293, my father H1? Bless H1288 me, me as H1571 well H1571, my father H1.” So Esau H6215 raised H5375 his voice H6963 and wept H1058.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:41 -

So Esau H6215 held H7852 a H7852 grudge H7852 against H7852 Jacob H3290 because H5921 of the blessing H1293 with which H834 his father H1 had blessed H1288 him; and Esau H6215 said H559 [fn]to himself H3820, “The days H3117 of mourning H60 for my father H1 are near H7126; then I will kill H2026 my brother H251 Jacob H3290.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:1 -

So Isaac H3327 called H7121 Jacob H3290 and blessed H1288 him and commanded H6680 him, [fn]saying to him, “You shall not take H3947 a wife H802 from the daughters H1323 of Canaan H3667.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:3 - “May [fn]God H410 Almighty H7706 bless H1288 you and make H6509 you fruitful H6509 and multiply H7235 you, so that you may become H1961 a multitude H6951 of peoples H5971.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:6 -

Now Esau H6215 saw H7200 that Isaac H3327 had blessed H1288 Jacob H3290 and sent H7971 him away H7971 to Paddan-aram H6307 to take H3947 to himself a wife H802 from there H8033, and that when he blessed H1288 him he commanded H6680 him, saying H559, “You shall not take H3947 a wife H802 from the daughters H1323 of Canaan H3667,”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:14 - “Your [fn]descendants H2233 will also be like the dust H6083 of the earth H776, and you will [fn]spread H6555 out H6555 to the west H3220 and to the east H6924, and to the north H6828 and to the south H5045; and in you and in your [fn]descendants H2233 shall all H3605 the families H4940 of the earth H127 be blessed H1288.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:27 - But Laban H3837 said H559 to him, “If H518 [fn]it pleases H4672 H2580 you at H4994 all H4994, stay with me; I have determined H5172 by H5172 divination H5172 that the LORD H3068 has blessed H1288 me on your account H1558.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:30 - “For you had H1961 little H4592 before H6440 [fn]I came, and it has [fn]increased H6555 to a multitude H7230, and the LORD H3068 has blessed H1288 you [fn]wherever I turned H7272. But now H6258, when H4970 shall I provide H6213 for my own household H1004 also H1571?”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:55 - [fn]Then early H7925 in the morning H1242 Laban H3837 got H7925 up H7925, and kissed H5401 his [fn]grandchildren H1121 and his daughters H1323 and blessed H1288 them. Then Laban H3837 departed H1980 and returned H7725 to his place H4725.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:26 - Then he said H559, “Let H7971 me go H7971, for the dawn H7837 is breaking H5927.” But he said H559, “I will not let H7971 you go H7971 unless H3588 H518 you bless H1288 me.”

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