And Jacob was angry with Rachel, and said to her, Am I in the place of God, who has deprived you of the fruit of the womb?

And Esau looked up and saw the women and the children, and said, What are these to you? And he said, The children with which God has mercifully blessed your servant.

And all the people who were in the gate said, [We are] witnesses; and the elders said, The Lord make your wife who goes into your house, as Rachel and as Leah, who both [together] built the house of Israel, and wrought mightily in Ephratha, and there shall be a name [to you] in Bethlehem.

And Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife, and he went in to her; and the Lord gave her conception, and she bore a son.

And it came to pass when the time had come, that she brought forth a son, and called his name Samuel, and said, Because I asked him of the Lord God of Sabaoth.

For I have prayed for this child; and the Lord has given me my request that I asked of Him.

And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, saying The Lord recompense to you decendants from this woman, in return for the loan which you have lent to the Lord. And the man returned to his place.

And the Lord visited Anna, and she bore yet three sons, and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the Lord.

All these [were] the sons of Heman the king's chief player in the praises of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons, and three daughters.

And to Obed-Edom [there were born] sons, Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, Sacar the fourth, Nethanel the fifth,

Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, and Peulthai the eighth; for God blessed him.

Behold, the inheritance of the Lord, children, the reward of the fruit of the womb.

Behold I and the children which God has given me; and they shall be [for] signs and wonders in the house of Israel from the Lord of hosts, who dwells in Mount Zion.

Let not the stranger who attaches himself to the Lord, say, Surely the Lord will separate me from His people; and let not the eunuch say, I am a dry tree.

I will give to them in My house and within My walls an honorable place, better than sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting name, and it shall not fail.

and prepare some meats for me, as I like them, and bring them to me that I may eat, that my soul may bless you before I die.

And may God give you of the dew of heaven, and of the fatness of the earth, and abundance of grain and wine.

And let nations serve you, and princes bow down to you, and be master over your brother, and the sons of your father shall reverence you; accursed is he that curses you, and blessed is he that blesses you.

And it came to pass when Esau heard the words of his father Isaac, he cried out with a great and very bitter cry, and said, Bless me- me also, father!

And he said, Rightly was his name called Jacob, for behold, this second time has he supplanted me; he has both taken my birthright, and now he has taken my blessing! And Esau said to his father, Have you not a blessing left for me, father?

And Esau said to his father, Have you [only] one blessing, father? Bless me- me also, O my father! And Isaac being troubled, Esau cried aloud and wept.

And you shall live by your sword, and shall serve your brother; and there shall be [a time] when you shall break and loosen his yoke from off your neck.

And may my God bless you, and increase you, and multiply you, and you shall become an assembly of nations.

And may He give you the blessing of my father Abraham, even to you and to your seed after you, to inherit the land of your sojourning, which God gave to Abraham.

All these are the twelve sons of Jacob; and their father spoke these words to them, and he blessed them; he blessed each of them according to his blessing.

And this [is] the blessing with which Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.

By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshipped, [leaning] on the top of his staff.