blessed him, and said, "May the Most High God, who made heaven and earth, bless Abram!

As he came up to kiss him, Isaac smelled his clothes---so he gave him his blessing. He said, "The pleasant smell of my son is like the smell of a field which the LORD has blessed.

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."

to tell Aaron and his sons to use the following words in blessing the people of Israel:

May the LORD be kind and gracious to you;

And the LORD said, "If they pronounce my name as a blessing upon the people of Israel, I will bless them."

May the LORD reward you for what you have done. May you have a full reward from the LORD God of Israel, to whom you have come for protection!"

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.

I asked him for this child, and he gave me what I asked for.

So I am dedicating him to the LORD. As long as he lives, he will belong to the LORD." Then they worshiped the LORD there.