Lexicon :: Strong's H1293 - bᵊrāḵâ

I will make you into a great nation,

I will bless you,

I will make your name great,

and you will be a blessing.

“Suppose my father touches me. Then I will be revealed to him as a deceiver and bring a curse rather than a blessing on myself.”

But he replied, “Your brother came deceitfully and took your blessing.”

Esau said to his father, “Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me too, my father! ” And Esau wept loudly.[fn]

Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau determined in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are approaching; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”

“May God give you and your offspring the blessing of Abraham so that you may possess the land where you live as a foreigner, the land God gave to Abraham.”

“Please take my present that was brought to you, because God has been gracious to me and I have everything I need.” So Jacob urged him until he accepted.

From the time that he put him in charge of his household and of all that he owned, the LORD blessed the Egyptian’s house because of Joseph. The LORD’s blessing was on all that he owned, in his house and in his fields.

“by the God of your father who helps you,

and by the Almighty who blesses you

with blessings of the heavens above,

blessings of the deep that lies below,

and blessings of the breasts and the womb.

These are the tribes of Israel, twelve in all, and this is what their father said to them. He blessed them, and he blessed each one with a suitable blessing.

Afterward Moses said, “Today you have been dedicated[fn] to the LORD, since each man went against his son and his brother. Therefore you have brought a blessing on yourselves today.”

“I will appoint my blessing for you in the sixth year, so that it will produce a crop sufficient for three years.

“Look, today I set before you a blessing and a curse:

“When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess, you are to proclaim the blessing at Mount Gerizim and the curse at Mount Ebal.

“But whenever you want, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your city gates, according to the blessing the LORD your God has given you. Those who are clean or unclean may eat it, as they would a gazelle or deer,

“Everyone must appear with a gift suited to his means, according to the blessing the LORD your God has given you.

“Yet the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam, but he turned the curse into a blessing for you because the LORD your God loves you.

“All these blessings will come and overtake you, because you obey the LORD your God:

“The LORD will grant you a blessing on your barns and on everything you do;[fn] he will bless you in the land the LORD your God is giving you.

“When all these things happen to you ​— ​the blessings and curses I have set before you ​— ​and you come to your senses while you are in all the nations where the LORD your God has driven you,

“I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Choose life so that you and your descendants may live,

This is the blessing that Moses, the man of God, gave the Israelites before his death.

He said about Naphtali:

Naphtali, enjoying approval,

full of the LORD’s blessing,

take[fn] possession to the west and the south.

Afterward, Joshua read aloud all the words of the law ​— ​the blessings as well as the curses ​— ​according to all that is written in the book of the law.

She replied, “Give me a blessing. Since you have given me land in the Negev, give me the springs also.” So he gave her the upper and lower springs.

She answered him, “Give me a blessing. Since you have given me land in the Negev, give me springs also.” So Caleb gave her both the upper and lower springs.

“Let this gift your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who follow my lord.

When David came to Ziklag, he sent some of the plunder to his friends, the elders of Judah, saying, “Here is a gift for you from the plunder of the LORD’s enemies.”

Now, please bless your servant’s house so that it will continue before you forever. For you, Lord GOD, have spoken, and with your blessing your servant’s house will be blessed forever.

Then Naaman and his whole company went back to the man of God, stood before him, and declared, “I know there’s no God in the whole world except in Israel. Therefore, please accept a gift from your servant.”

“Don’t listen to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says: ‘Make peace[fn] with me and surrender to me. Then each of you may eat from his own vine and his own fig tree, and each may drink water from his own cistern

Then the Levites ​— ​Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah ​— ​said, “Stand up. Blessed be the LORD your God from everlasting to everlasting.”

Blessed be your glorious name,

and may it be exalted above all blessing and praise.

because they did not meet the Israelites with food and water. Instead, they hired Balaam against them to curse them, but our God turned the curse into a blessing.

The dying blessed me,

and I made the widow’s heart rejoice.

Salvation belongs to the LORD;

may your blessing be on your people.Selah

For you meet him with rich blessings;

you place a crown of pure gold on his head.

You give him blessings forever;

you cheer him with joy in your presence.

He will receive blessing from the LORD,

and righteousness[fn] from the God of his salvation.

He is always generous, always lending,

and his children are a blessing.

As they pass through the Valley of Baca,[fn]

they make it a source of spring water;

even the autumn rain will cover it with blessings.[fn]

He loved cursing ​— ​let it fall on him;

he took no delight in blessing ​— ​let it be far from him.

Then none who pass by will say,

“May the LORD’s blessing be on you.

We bless you in the name of the LORD.”

It is like the dew of Hermon[fn]

falling on the mountains of Zion.

For there the LORD has appointed the blessing —

life forevermore.

Blessings are on the head of the righteous,

but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

The LORD’s blessing enriches,

and he adds no painful effort to it.[fn]

A city is built up by the blessing of the upright,

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