because of the God of your father, who will help you, because of the sovereign God, who will bless you with blessings from the sky above, blessings from the deep that lies below, and blessings of the breasts and womb.

I will turn them and the regions around my hill into a blessing. I will make showers come down in their season; they will be showers that bring blessing.

But Isaac replied, “Your brother came in here deceitfully and took away your blessing.”

All day long he shows compassion and lends to others, and his children are blessed.

The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the reputation of the wicked will rot.

But there will be delight for those who convict the guilty, and a pleasing blessing will come on them.

The blessings of your father are greater than the blessings of the eternal mountains or the desirable things of the age-old hills. They will be on the head of Joseph and on the brow of the prince of his brothers.

Then I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great, so that you will exemplify divine blessing.

Take note – I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse:

the blessing of the dying man descended on me, and I made the widow’s heart rejoice;

The Lord delivers; you show favor to your people. (Selah)

Such godly people are rewarded by the Lord, and vindicated by the God who delivers them.

He loved to curse others, so those curses have come upon him. He had no desire to bless anyone, so he has experienced no blessings.

Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the speech of the wicked conceals violence.

The blessing from the Lord makes a person rich, and he adds no sorrow to it.

A city is exalted by the blessing provided from the upright, but it is destroyed by the counsel of the wicked.

A generous person will be enriched, and the one who provides water for others will himself be satisfied.

People will curse the one who withholds grain, but they will praise the one who sells it.

A faithful person will have an abundance of blessings, but the one who hastens to gain riches will not go unpunished.

My father may touch me! Then he’ll think I’m mocking him and I’ll bring a curse on myself instead of a blessing.”