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Genesis 33:5
Then Esau looked at the women and children and asked,“ Who are these people with you?”“ These are the children God has graciously given to me, your servant,” Jacob replied.
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Genesis 27:4
Prepare my favorite dish, and bring it here for me to eat. Then I will pronounce the blessing that belongs to you, my firstborn son, before I die.”
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Hebrews 11:21
It was by faith that Jacob, when he was old and dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons and bowed in worship as he leaned on his staff.
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1 Samuel 1 20
and in due time she gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, for she said,“ I asked the Lord for him.”
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1 Samuel 2 20-1 Samuel 2 21
Before they returned home, Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife and say,“ May the Lord give you other children to take the place of this one she gave to the Lord.”And the Lord blessed Hannah, and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, Samuel grew up in the presence of the Lord.
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Genesis 27:28-29
“ From the dew of heaven and the richness of the earth, may God always give you abundant harvests of grain and bountiful new wine.May many nations become your servants, and may they bow down to you. May you be the master over your brothers, and may your mother’s sons bow down to you. All who curse you will be cursed, and all who bless you will be blessed.”
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1 Chronicles 26 4-1 Chronicles 26 5
The sons of Obed edom, also gatekeepers, were Shemaiah( the oldest), Jehozabad( the second), Joah( the third), Sacar( the fourth), Nethanel( the fifth),Ammiel( the sixth), Issachar( the seventh), and Peullethai( the eighth). God had richly blessed Obed edom.
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Psalms 127:3
Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from him.
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Genesis 49:28
These are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said as he told his sons good bye. He blessed each one with an appropriate message.
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1 Samuel 1 27
I asked the Lord to give me this boy, and he has granted my request.
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1 Chronicles 25 5
All these were the sons of Heman, the king’s seer, for God had honored him with fourteen sons and three daughters.
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Deuteronomy 33:1
This is the blessing that Moses, the man of God, gave to the people of Israel before his death:
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Genesis 27:34-40
When Esau heard his father’s words, he let out a loud and bitter cry.“ Oh my father, what about me? Bless me, too!” he begged.But Isaac said,“ Your brother was here, and he tricked me. He has taken away your blessing.”Esau exclaimed,“ No wonder his name is Jacob, for now he has cheated me twice. First he took my rights as the firstborn, and now he has stolen my blessing. Oh, haven’t you saved even one blessing for me?”Isaac said to Esau,“ I have made Jacob your master and have declared that all his brothers will be his servants. I have guaranteed him an abundance of grain and wine— what is left for me to give you, my son?”Esau pleaded,“ But do you have only one blessing? Oh my father, bless me, too!” Then Esau broke down and wept.Finally, his father, Isaac, said to him,“ You will live away from the richness of the earth, and away from the dew of the heaven above.You will live by your sword, and you will serve your brother. But when you decide to break free, you will shake his yoke from your neck.”
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Genesis 28:3-4
May God Almighty bless you and give you many children. And may your descendants multiply and become many nations!May God pass on to you and your descendants the blessings he promised to Abraham. May you own this land where you are now living as a foreigner, for God gave this land to Abraham.”
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Isaiah 8:18
I and the children the Lord has given me serve as signs and warnings to Israel from the Lord of Heaven’s Armies who dwells in his Temple on Mount Zion.
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Ruth 4:11-14
Then the elders and all the people standing in the gate replied,“ We are witnesses! May the Lord make this woman who is coming into your home like Rachel and Leah, from whom all the nation of Israel descended! May you prosper in Ephrathah and be famous in Bethlehem.And may the Lord give you descendants by this young woman who will be like those of our ancestor Perez, the son of Tamar and Judah.”So Boaz took Ruth into his home, and she became his wife. When he slept with her, the Lord enabled her to become pregnant, and she gave birth to a son.Then the women of the town said to Naomi,“ Praise the Lord, who has now provided a redeemer for your family! May this child be famous in Israel.
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Genesis 30:2
Then Jacob became furious with Rachel.“ Am I God?” he asked.“ He’s the one who has kept you from having children!”
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Isaiah 56:3-5
“ Don’t let foreigners who commit themselves to the Lord say,‘ The Lord will never let me be part of his people.’ And don’t let the eunuchs say,‘ I’m a dried up tree with no children and no future.’For this is what the Lord says: I will bless those eunuchs who keep my Sabbath days holy and who choose to do what pleases me and commit their lives to me.I will give them— within the walls of my house— a memorial and a name far greater than sons and daughters could give. For the name I give them is an everlasting one. It will never disappear!