Benedictions

Upon creatures he had made

• Genesis 1:22

  And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

Upon man

• Genesis 1:28

  And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

Upon Noah

• Genesis 9:1

  And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.

• Genesis 9:2

  And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.

By Melchizedek. upon Abraham

• Genesis 14:19

  And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:

• Genesis 14:20

  And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.

• Hebrews 7:7

  And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better.

By Bethuel's household, upon Rebekah

• Genesis 24:60

  And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.

By Isaac

Upon Jacob

• Genesis 27:23–29

  And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him. And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am. And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine, and he drank. …

• Genesis 27:37

  And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son?

• Genesis 28:1–4

  And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan. Arise, go to Padan-aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother. And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people; …

Upon Esau

• Genesis 27:39

  And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above;

• Genesis 27:40

  And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.

By Jacob

Upon Pharaoh

• Genesis 47:7–10

  And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh. And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou? And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage. …

Upon Joseph's sons

Genesis 48

Upon his own sons

Genesis 49

By Moses, upon the tribes of Israel

Deuteronomy 33

By Aaron

• Leviticus 9:22

  And Aaron lifted up his hand toward the people, and blessed them, and came down from offering of the sin offering, and the burnt offering, and peace offerings.

• Leviticus 9:23

  And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the congregation, and came out, and blessed the people: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the people.

By half the tribes, who stood on Mount Gerizim

• Deuteronomy 11:29

  And it shall come to pass, when the LORD thy God hath brought thee in unto the land whither thou goest to possess it, that thou shalt put the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mount Ebal.

• Deuteronomy 11:30

  Are they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh?

• Deuteronomy 27:11–13

  And Moses charged the people the same day, saying, These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin: And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

• Joshua 8:33

  And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, as well the stranger, as he that was born among them; half of them over against mount Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel.

By Joshua

Upon Caleb

• Joshua 14:13

  And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance.

Upon the Reubenites and Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh

• Joshua 22:6

  So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away: and they went unto their tents.

• Joshua 22:7

  Now to the one half of the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given possession in Bashan: but unto the other half thereof gave Joshua among their brethren on this side Jordan westward. And when Joshua sent them away also unto their tents, then he blessed them,

By Naomi, upon Ruth and Orpah

• Ruth 1:8

  And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to her mother's house: the LORD deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me.

• Ruth 1:9

  The LORD grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept.

By the people, upon Ruth

• Ruth 4:11

  And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Beth-lehem:

• Ruth 4:12

  And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed which the LORD shall give thee of this young woman.

By Eli, upon Elkanah

• 1 Samuel 2:20

  And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The LORD give thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the LORD. And they went unto their own home.

By David

Upon the people

• 2 Samuel 6:18

  And as soon as David had made an end of offering burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of hosts.

Upon Barzillai

• 2 Samuel 19:39

  And all the people went over Jordan. And when the king was come over, the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned unto his own place.

By Araunah, upon David

• 2 Samuel 24:23

  All these things did Araunah, as a king, give unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king, The LORD thy God accept thee.

By Solomon, upon the people

• 1 Kings 8:14

  And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the congregation of Israel: (and all the congregation of Israel stood;)

• 1 Kings 8:55–58

  And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying, Blessed be the LORD, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant. The LORD our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us: …

• 2 Chronicles 6:3

  And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood.

By Simeon, upon Jesus

• Luke 2:34

  And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;

By Jesus, upon his followers

• Luke 24:50

  And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.