19 Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau your firstborn; I have done as you told me. (A)Come now, sit and eat of my game, so that [a](B)you may bless me.”

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  1. Genesis 27:19 Lit your soul

19 Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau your firstborn.(A) I have done as you told me. Please sit up and eat some of my game,(B) so that you may give me your blessing.”(C)

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25 So he said, “Bring it to me, and I will eat of my son’s game, that [a](A)I may bless you.” And he brought it to him, and he ate; he also brought him wine and he drank.

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  1. Genesis 27:25 Lit my soul

25 Then he said, “My son, bring me some of your game to eat, so that I may give you my blessing.”(A)

Jacob brought it to him and he ate; and he brought some wine and he drank.

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31 Then he also made a delicious meal, and brought it to his father; and he said to his father, “(A)Let my father arise and eat of his son’s game, that [a](B)you may bless me.”

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  1. Genesis 27:31 Lit your soul

31 He too prepared some tasty food and brought it to his father. Then he said to him, “My father, please sit up and eat some of my game, so that you may give me your blessing.”(A)

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And Joseph said to his father, “(A)They are my sons, whom God has given me here.” So he said, “Bring them to me, please, so that (B)I may bless them.”

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“They are the sons God has given me here,”(A) Joseph said to his father.

Then Israel said, “Bring them to me so I may bless(B) them.”

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15 And he blessed Joseph, and said,

(A)The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked,
(B)The God who has been my shepherd [a]all my life to this day,
16 (C)The angel who has redeemed me from all evil,
(D)Bless the boys;
And may my name [b]live on in them,
And the [c]names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac;
And (E)may they grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.”

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  1. Genesis 48:15 Lit from the continuance of me
  2. Genesis 48:16 Lit be called
  3. Genesis 48:16 Lit name

15 Then he blessed(A) Joseph and said,

“May the God before whom my fathers
    Abraham and Isaac walked faithfully,(B)
the God who has been my shepherd(C)
    all my life to this day,
16 the Angel(D) who has delivered me from all harm(E)
    —may he bless(F) these boys.(G)
May they be called by my name
    and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac,(H)
and may they increase greatly
    on the earth.”(I)

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The Blessing by Moses

33 Now this is the blessing with which Moses (A)the man of God blessed the sons of Israel before his death.

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Moses Blesses the Tribes(A)

33 This is the blessing(B) that Moses the man of God(C) pronounced on the Israelites before his death.

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20 By faith (A)Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, even regarding things to come.

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20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau in regard to their future.(A)

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