28 Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:

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29 May nations serve you
    and peoples bow down to you.(A)
Be lord over your brothers,
    and may the sons of your mother bow down to you.(B)
May those who curse you be cursed
    and those who bless you be blessed.(C)

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29 Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.

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May God Almighty[a](A) bless(B) you and make you fruitful(C) and increase your numbers(D) until you become a community of peoples.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 28:3 Hebrew El-Shaddai

And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;

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May he give you and your descendants the blessing given to Abraham,(A) so that you may take possession of the land(B) where you now reside as a foreigner,(C) the land God gave to Abraham.”

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And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.

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20 Then Jacob made a vow,(A) saying, “If God will be with me and will watch over me(B) on this journey I am taking and will give me food to eat and clothes to wear(C)

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20 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,

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21 so that I return safely(A) to my father’s household,(B) then the Lord[a] will be my God(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 28:21 Or Since God … father’s household, the Lord

21 So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the Lord be my God:

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16 the Angel(A) who has delivered me from all harm(B)
    —may he bless(C) these boys.(D)
May they be called by my name
    and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac,(E)
and may they increase greatly
    on the earth.”(F)

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16 The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.

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11 May the Lord, the God of your ancestors, increase(A) you a thousand times and bless you as he has promised!(B)

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11 (The Lord God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!)

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15 Look down from heaven,(A) your holy dwelling place, and bless(B) your people Israel and the land you have given us as you promised on oath to our ancestors, a land flowing with milk and honey.”

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15 Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey.

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