But Isaac answered Esau, ‘Look, I have made him a master over you, have given him all of his relatives as his servants, and have sustained him with grain and new wine. What then can I do for you, my son? ’
Genesis 27:28 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised May God give to you – from the dew of the sky and from the richness of the land – an abundance of grain and new wine. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, And the fatness of the earth, And plenty of corn and wine: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And may God give you of the dew of the heavens and of the fatness of the earth and abundance of grain and [new] wine; American Standard Version (1901) And God give thee of the dew of heaven, And of the fatness of the earth, And plenty of grain and new wine: Common English Bible May God give you showers from the sky, olive oil from the earth, plenty of grain and new wine. Catholic Public Domain Version May God give to you, from the dew of heaven and from the fatness of the earth, an abundance of grain and wine. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version God give thee the dew of heaven, and of the fatness of the earth, abundance of corn and wine. |
But Isaac answered Esau, ‘Look, I have made him a master over you, have given him all of his relatives as his servants, and have sustained him with grain and new wine. What then can I do for you, my son? ’
His father Isaac answered him, Look, your dwelling place will be away from the richness of the land, away from the dew of the sky above.
Get your father and your families, and come back to me. I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you can eat from the richness of the land.”
by the God of your father who helps you, and by the Almighty who blesses you with blessings of the heavens above, blessings of the deep that lies below, and blessings of the breasts and the womb.
Mountains of Gilboa, let no dew or rain be on you, or fields of offerings, for there the shield of the mighty was defiled – the shield of Saul, no longer anointed with oil.
Now Elijah the Tishbite, from the Gilead settlers, , said to Ahab, ‘As the Lord God of Israel lives, in whose presence I stand, there will be no dew or rain during these years except by my command! ’
and Solomon provided Hiram with four million four hundred thousand litres of wheat as food for his household and four hundred and forty thousand litres of oil from crushed olives. Solomon did this for Hiram year after year.
I will give your servants, the woodcutters who cut the trees, four million four hundred thousand litres of wheat flour, four million four hundred thousand litres of barley, four hundred and forty thousand litres of wine, and four hundred and forty thousand litres of oil.
A king’s rage is like the roaring of a lion, but his favour is like dew on the grass.
By his knowledge the watery depths broke open, and the clouds dripped with dew.
‘Heavens, sprinkle from above, and let the skies shower righteousness. Let the earth open up so that salvation will sprout and righteousness will spring up with it. I, the Lord, have created it.
Can any of the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Or can the skies alone give showers? Are you not the Lord our God? We therefore put our hope in you, for you have done all these things.
The Lord answered his people: Look, I am about to send you grain, new wine, and fresh oil. You will be satiated with them, and I will no longer make you a disgrace among the nations.
Then the remnant of Jacob will be among many peoples like dew from the Lord, like showers on the grass, which do not wait for anyone or linger for mankind.
‘For they will sow in peace: the vine will yield its fruit, the land will yield its produce, and the skies will yield their dew. I will give the remnant of this people all these things as an inheritance.
How lovely and beautiful! Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine, the young women.
Is the land fertile or unproductive? Are there trees in it or not? Be courageous. Bring back some fruit from the land.’ It was the season for the first ripe grapes.
I am giving you all the best of the fresh oil, new wine, and grain, which the Israelites give to the Lord as their firstfruits.
Now if some of the branches were broken off, and you, though a wild olive branch, were grafted in among them and have come to share in the rich root of the cultivated olive tree,
Let my teaching fall like rain and my word settle like dew, like gentle rain on new grass and showers on tender plants.
He said about Joseph: May his land be blessed by the Lord with the dew of heaven’s bounty and the watery depths that lie beneath;
So Israel dwells securely; Jacob lives untroubled , in a land of grain and new wine; even his skies drip with dew.
He will love you, bless you, and multiply you. He will bless your offspring, , and the produce of your land #– #your grain, new wine, and fresh oil #– #the young of your herds, and the newborn of your flocks, in the land he swore to your ancestors that he would give you.
For the Israelites wandered in the wilderness for forty years until all the nation’s men of war who came out of Egypt had died off because they did not obey the Lord. So the Lord vowed never to let them see the land he had sworn to their ancestors to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.