Quotes About Blessing

Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and there He blessed me

and told me, ëBehold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you; I will make you a multitude of peoples, and will give this land to your descendants after you as an everlasting possession.í

And now your two sons born to you in Egypt before I came to you here shall be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine.

When Israel saw the sons of Joseph, he asked, “Who are these?”

Joseph said to his father, “They are the sons God has given me in this place.” So Jacob said, “Please bring them to me, that I may bless them.”

Now Israelís eyesight was poor because of old age; he could hardly see. Joseph brought his sons to him, and his father kissed them and embraced them.

“I never expected to see your face again,” Israel said to Joseph, “but now God has let me see your children as well.”

Then Joseph removed his sons from his fatherís knees and bowed facedown.

And Joseph took both of them—with Ephraim in his right hand toward Israelís left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israelís right hand—and brought them close to him.

But Israel stretched out his right hand and put it on the head of Ephraim, the younger; and crossing his hands, he put his left on Manassehís head, although Manasseh was the firstborn.

Then he blessed Joseph and said: “May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,

the angel who has redeemed me from all harm—may He bless these boys. And may they be called by my name and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and may they grow into a multitude upon the earth.”

When Joseph saw that his father had placed his right hand on Ephraimís head, he was displeased and took his fatherís hand to move it from Ephraimís head to Manassehís.

“Not so, my father!” Joseph said. “This one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head.”

But his father refused. “I know, my son, I know!” he said. “He too shall become a people, and he too shall be great; nevertheless, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude of nations.”

So that day Jacob blessed them and said: “By you shall Israel pronounce this blessing: ëMay God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.í” So he put Ephraim before Manasseh.

And to you, as one who is above your brothers, I give the ridge of land that I took from the Amorites with my sword and bow.”

Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power.

Zebulun shall dwell by the seashore and become a harbor for ships; his border shall extend to Sidon.

Asherís food will be rich; he shall provide royal delicacies.

Naphtali is a doe set free that bears beautiful fawns.

Joseph is a fruitful vine—a fruitful vine by a spring, whose branches scale the wall.

The blessings of your father have surpassed the blessings of the ancient mountains and the bounty of the everlasting hills. May they rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince of his brothers.

These are the tribes of Israel, twelve in all, and this was what their father said to them. He blessed them, and he blessed each one with a suitable blessing.