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Genesis 27:28

Covenant and promises

26 Then his father Isaac said to him, “Please come near and kiss me, my son.”

27 So he came near and kissed him. When Isaac smelled his clothing, he blessed him and said: “Ah, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that the LORD has blessed.

May God give to you the dew of heaven and the richness of the earth— an abundance of grain and new wine.

29 May peoples serve you and nations bow down to you. May you be the master of your brothers, and may the sons of your mother bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed, and those who bless you be blessed.”

30 As soon as Isaac had finished blessing him and Jacob had left his father’s presence, his brother Esau returned from the hunt.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
May God give to you the dew of heaven and the richness of the earth— an abundance of grain and new wine.
KJV
Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:
WEB
God give you of the dew of the sky, of the fatness of the earth, and plenty of grain and new wine.
ASV
And God five thee of the dew of heaven, And of the fatness of the earth, And plenty of grain and new wine.
DARBY
And God give thee of the dew of heaven, And of the fatness of the earth, And plenty of corn and new wine.
BLB
And may God give to you from the dew of the heavens, and from the fatness of the earth, and abundance of grain and new wine.
ÅB
Så gi Gud deg av himmelens dugg og av jordens fedme og korn og most i overflod.
OTB
Måtte Gud gi deg av himmelens dugg og jordens rikdom—en overflod av korn og ny vin.
B1930
Så gi Gud dig av himmelens dugg og av jordens fedme og korn og most i overflod.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 33:28

    So Israel dwells securely; the fountain of Jacob lives untroubled in a land of grain and new wine, where even the heavens drip with dew.

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  • Deuteronomy 33:13

    Concerning Joseph he said: “May his land be blessed by the LORD with the precious dew from heaven above and the deep waters that lie beneath,

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  • Psalms 133:3

    It is like the dew of Hermon falling on the mountains of Zion. For there the LORD has bestowed the blessing of life forevermore.

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  • Hosea 14:5–7

    I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.

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  • Psalms 65:9–13

    You attend to the earth and water it; with abundance You enrich it. The streams of God are full of water, for You prepare our grain by providing for the earth.

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  • Deuteronomy 7:13

    He will love you and bless you and multiply you. He will bless the fruit of your womb and the produce of your land—your grain, new wine, and oil, the young of your herds and the lambs of your flocks—in the land that He swore to your fathers to give you.

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  • 2 Samuel 1:21

    O mountains of Gilboa, may you have no dew or rain, no fields yielding offerings of grain. For there the shield of the mighty was defiled, the shield of Saul, no longer anointed with oil.

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  • Zechariah 8:12

    “For the seed will be prosperous, the vine will yield its fruit, the ground will yield its produce, and the skies will give their dew. To the remnant of this people I will give all these things as an inheritance.

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