Lexicon :: Strong's H1293 - bᵊrāḵâ

And [fn]I will make you a great nation,

And I will bless you [abundantly],

And make your name great (exalted, distinguished);

And you shall be a blessing [a source of great good to others];

So Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him; and Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are very near; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”

By the God of your father who will help you,

And by the [fn]Almighty who blesses you

With blessings of the heavens above,

Blessings lying in the deep that couches beneath,

Blessings of the [nursing] breasts and of the [fertile] womb.

All these are the [beginnings of the] twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said to them as he blessed them, blessing each one according to the blessing appropriate to him.

“Behold, today I am setting before you a blessing and a curse—

“It shall come about, when the LORD your God brings you into the land which you are entering to possess, that you shall place the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.

“However, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your [city] gates, whatever you wish, according to the blessing of the LORD your God which He has given you [as His generous provision for daily life]. The [ceremonially] unclean and the clean may eat it, such as the gazelle and the deer.

“So it shall be when all these things have come on you, the blessing and the curse which I have set before you, and you [fn]call them to mind in all the nations where the LORD your God has driven you,

This is the blessing with which Moses the man of God [fn]blessed the sons of Israel before his death.

Of Naphtali he said,

“O Naphtali, satisfied with favor,

And full of the blessing of the LORD,

Take possession of the sea [of Galilee] and the south.”

When David came to Ziklag, he sent part of the spoil to the elders of Judah, his friends, saying, “Here is a blessing (gift) for you from the spoil of the enemies of the LORD:

Then Naaman returned to the man of God, he and all the people in his group, and stood before him. He said, “Behold, I know that there is no God in all the earth, except in Israel; so now accept a blessing and gift from your servant.”

Then the Levites—Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah—said, “Stand up and bless (praise, honor) the LORD your God from [fn]everlasting to everlasting.

May Your glorious name be blessed

And exalted above all blessing and praise.”

“The blessing of him who was about to perish came upon me,

And I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.

Salvation belongs to the LORD;

May Your blessing be upon Your people. Selah.

For You meet him with blessings of good things;

You set a crown of pure gold on his head.

For You make him most blessed [and a blessing] forever;

You make him joyful with the joy of Your presence.

He shall receive a blessing from the LORD,

And righteousness from the God of his salvation.

All day long he is gracious and lends,

And his descendants are a blessing.

Passing through the Valley of Weeping ([fn]Baca), they make it a place of springs;

The early rain also covers it with blessings.

He also loved cursing, and it came [back] to him;

He did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him.

Nor do those who pass by say,

“The blessing of the LORD be upon you;

We bless you in the name of the LORD.”

It is like the dew of [Mount] Hermon

Coming down on the hills of Zion;

For there the LORD has commanded the blessing: life forevermore.

Blessings are on the head of the righteous [the upright, those in right standing with God],

But the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

The blessing of the LORD brings [true] riches,

And He adds no sorrow to it [for it comes as a blessing from God].

By the blessing [of the influence] of the upright the city is exalted,

But by the mouth of the wicked it is torn down.