Bible Cross References
my sons
Genesis 30:2
Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, "I can't take the place of God. He is the one who keeps you from having children."
Genesis 33:5
When Esau looked around and saw the women and the children, he asked, "Who are these people with you?" "These, sir, are the children whom God has been good enough to give me," Jacob answered.
Ruth 4:11-14
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The leaders and the others said, "Yes, we are witnesses. May the LORD make your wife become like Rachel and Leah, who bore many children to Jacob. May you become rich in the clan of Ephrath and famous in Bethlehem.
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May the children that the LORD will give you by this young woman make your family like the family of Perez, the son of Judah and Tamar."
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So Boaz took Ruth home as his wife. The LORD blessed her, and she became pregnant and had a son.
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The women said to Naomi, "Praise the LORD! He has given you a grandson today to take care of you. May the boy become famous in Israel!
1 Samuel 1:20
So it was that she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, and explained, "I asked the LORD for him."
1 Samuel 1:27
I asked him for this child, and he gave me what I asked for.
1 Samuel 2:20
Then Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, and say to Elkanah, "May the LORD give you other children by this woman to take the place of the one you dedicated to him." After that they would go back home.
1 Samuel 2:21
The LORD did bless Hannah, and she had three more sons and two daughters. The boy Samuel grew up in the service of the LORD.
1 Chronicles 25:5
God gave to Heman, the king's prophet, these fourteen sons and also three daughters, as he had promised, in order to give power to Heman.
1 Chronicles 26:4
There was also Obed Edom, whom God blessed by giving him eight sons, listed in order of age: Shemaiah, Jehozabad, Joah, Sachar, Nethanel,
1 Chronicles 26:5
Ammiel, Issachar, and Peullethai.
Psalm 127:3
Children are a gift from the LORD; they are a real blessing.
Isaiah 8:18
Here I am with the children the LORD has given me. The LORD Almighty, whose throne is on Mount Zion, has sent us as living messages to the people of Israel.
Isaiah 56:3-5
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A foreigner who has joined the LORD's people should not say, "The LORD will not let me worship with his people." A man who has been castrated should never think that because he cannot have children, he can never be part of God's people.
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The LORD says to such a man, "If you honor me by observing the Sabbath and if you do what pleases me and faithfully keep my covenant,
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then your name will be remembered in my Temple and among my people longer than if you had sons and daughters. You will never be forgotten."
bless them
Genesis 27:4
Cook me some of that tasty food that I like, and bring it to me. After I have eaten it, I will give you my final blessing before I die."
Genesis 27:28
May God give you dew from heaven and make your fields fertile! May he give you plenty of grain and wine!
Genesis 27:29
May nations be your servants, and may peoples bow down before you. May you rule over all your relatives, and may your mother's descendants bow down before you. May those who curse you be cursed, and may those who bless you be blessed."
Genesis 27:34-40
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When Esau heard this, he cried out loudly and bitterly and said, "Give me your blessing also, father!"
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Isaac answered, "Your brother came and deceived me. He has taken away your blessing."
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Esau said, "This is the second time that he has cheated me. No wonder his name is Jacob. He took my rights as the first-born son, and now he has taken away my blessing. Haven't you saved a blessing for me?"
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Isaac answered, "I have already made him master over you, and I have made all his relatives his slaves. I have given him grain and wine. Now there is nothing that I can do for you, son!"
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Esau continued to plead with his father: "Do you have only one blessing, father? Bless me too, father!" He began to cry.
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Then Isaac said to him, "No dew from heaven for you, No fertile fields for you.
40
You will live by your sword, But be your brother's slave. Yet when you rebel, You will break away from his control."
Genesis 28:3
May Almighty God bless your marriage and give you many children, so that you will become the father of many nations!
Genesis 28:4
May he bless you and your descendants as he blessed Abraham, and may you take possession of this land, in which you have lived and which God gave to Abraham!"
Genesis 49:28
These are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said as he spoke a suitable word of farewell to each son.
Deuteronomy 33:1
These are the blessings that Moses, the man of God, pronounced on the people of Israel before he died.
Hebrews 11:21
It was faith that made Jacob bless each of the sons of Joseph just before he died. He leaned on the top of his walking stick and worshiped God.