I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you. In you will all of the families of the earth be blessed.*
Genesis 27:29 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers. Let your mother's sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you. Blessed be everyone who blesses you.* Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Let people serve thee, And nations bow down to thee: Be lord over thy brethren, And let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: Cursed be every one that curseth thee, And blessed be he that blesseth thee. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Let peoples serve you and nations bow down to you; be master over your brothers, and let your mother's sons bow down to you. Let everyone be cursed who curses you and favored with blessings who blesses you. American Standard Version (1901) Let peoples serve thee, And nations bow down to thee: Be lord over thy brethren, And let thy mother’s sons bow down to thee: Cursed be every one that curseth thee, And blessed be every one that blesseth thee. Common English Bible May the nations serve you, may peoples bow down to you. Be the most powerful man among your brothers, and may your mother’s sons bow down to you. Those who curse you will be cursed, and those who bless you will be blessed.” Catholic Public Domain Version And may the peoples serve you, and may the tribes reverence you. May you be the lord of your brothers, and may your mother's sons bow down before you. Whoever curses you, may he be cursed, and whoever blesses you, may he be filled with blessings." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And let peoples serve thee, and tribes worship thee. Be thou lord of thy brethren, and let thy mother's children bow down before thee. Cursed be he that curseth thee: and let him that blesseth thee be filled with blessings. |
I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you. In you will all of the families of the earth be blessed.*
Ya`akov said, *Swear to me first.* He swore to him. He sold his birthright to Ya`akov.
It happened, as soon as Yitzchak had made an end of blessing Ya`akov, and Ya`akov had just gone out from the presence of Yitzchak his father, that Esav his brother came in from his hunting.
Yitzchak answered Esav, *Behold, I have made him your lord, and all his brothers have I given to him for servants. With grain and new wine have I sustained him. What then will I do for you, my son?*
By your sword will you live, and you will serve your brother. It will happen, when you will break loose, that you shall shake his yoke from off your neck.*
He told it to his father and to his brothers. His father rebuked him, and said to him, *What is this dream that you have dreamed? Will I and your mother and your brothers indeed come to bow ourselves down to you to the earth?*
for behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and also stood upright; and behold, your sheaves came around, and bowed down to my sheaf.*
May God enlarge Yefet. Let him dwell in the tents of Shem. Let Kena`an be his servant.*
Shlomo ruled over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Pelishtim, and to the border of Egypt: they brought tribute, and served Shlomo all the days of his life.
For Yehudah prevailed above his brothers, and of him came the prince; but the birthright was Yosef's:)
He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, from the River to the ends of the earth.
Thus says the LORD: *The labor of Egypt, and the merchandise of Kush, and the Seva'im, men of stature, shall come over to you, and they shall be yours. They shall go after you. In chains they shall come over; and they shall fall down to you. They shall make supplication to you: 'Surely God is in you; and there is none else, there is no other god.
Kings shall be your nursing fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers: they shall bow down to you with their faces to the earth, and lick the dust of your feet; and you shall know that I am the LORD; and those who wait for me shall not be disappointed.
Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer of Yisra'el, [and] his Holy One, to him whom man despises, to him whom the nation abhors, to a servant of rulers: Kings shall see and arise; princes, and they shall worship; because of the LORD who is faithful, [even] the Holy One of Yisra'el, who has chosen you.
For that nation and kingdom that will not serve you shall perish; yes, those nations shall be utterly wasted.
The sons of those who afflicted you shall come bending to you; and all those who despised you shall bow themselves down at the soles of your feet; and they shall call you The city of the LORD, The Tziyon of the Holy One of Yisra'el.
Of the increase of his government and of shalom there shall be no end, on the throne of David, and on his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from that time on, even forever. The zeal of the LORD of Armies will perform this.
How shall I curse, whom God has not cursed? How shall I defy, whom the LORD has not defied?
Edom shall be a possession. Se`ir, his enemies, also shall be a possession, while Yisra'el does valiantly.
He couched, he lay down as a lion, as a lioness; who shall rouse him up? Everyone who blesses you is blessed. Everyone who curses you is cursed.
*The King will answer them, 'Most certainly I tell you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.'
*Then he will answer them, saying, 'Most certainly I tell you, inasmuch as you didn't do it to one of the least of these, you didn't do it to me.'
He has on his garment and on his thigh a name written, *KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.*