And she said to him, Give me a blessing; because you have put me in a dry south-land, now give me springs of water. So Caleb gave her the higher spring and the lower spring.
So the woman gave birth to a son, and gave him the name Samson; and he became a man and the blessing of the Lord was on him.
And he said to his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver which were taken from you, about which you took an oath and said in my hearing, I have given this silver to the Lord from my hand for myself, to make a pictured image and a metal image: see, I have the silver, for I took it: so now I will give it back to you. And his mother said, May the blessing of the Lord be on my son.
Then I will send my blessing on you in the sixth year, and the land will give fruit enough for three years.
And Aaron, lifting up his hands to the people, gave them a blessing; and he came down from offering the sin-offering, and the burned offering, and the peace-offerings.
And Moses and Aaron went into the Tent of meeting, and came out and gave the people a blessing, and the glory of the Lord was seen by all the people.
Now see, your house is waste, and I say to you, You will not see me again till you say, A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord.
And you will have a blessing, because they will not be able to give you any payment, and you will get your reward when the upright come back from the dead.
And she said with a loud voice: May blessing be on you among women, and a blessing on the child of your body.
For he has had pity on his servant, though she is poor and lowly placed: and from this hour will all generations give witness to the blessing which has come to me.
Saying, A blessing on the King who comes in the name of the Lord; peace in heaven and glory in the highest.
And Simeon gave them his blessing and said to Mary, his mother, See, this child will be the cause of the downfall and the lifting up of great numbers of people in Israel, and he will be a sign against which hard words will be said;
And when he was seated with them at table, he took the bread, and said words of blessing and, making division of it, he gave it to them.
And he took them out till they were near Bethany, and lifting up his hands, he gave them a blessing.
Give blessing to those who give you curses, say prayers for those who are cruel to you.
And a blessing will be on him who has no doubts about me.
And he took the five cakes of bread and the two fishes and, looking up to heaven, he said words of blessing over them, and when they had been broken, he gave them to the disciples to give to the people.
If you will not give ear and take it to heart, to give glory to my name, says the Lord of armies, then I will send the curse on you and will put a curse on your blessing: truly, even now I have put a curse on it, because you do not take it to heart.
Let your tenths come into the store-house so that there may be food in my house, and put me to the test by doing so, says the Lord of armies, and see if I do not make the windows of heaven open and send down such a blessing on you that there is no room for it.
And he took them in his arms, and gave them a blessing, putting his hands on them.
A blessing on the coming kingdom of our father David: Glory in the highest.
And those who went in front, and those who came after, were crying, Glory: A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord:
And while they were taking food, he took bread, and after blessing it, he gave the broken bread to them, and said, Take it: this is my body.
And he took the five cakes of bread and the two fishes and, looking up to heaven, he said words of blessing over them; and when the cakes were broken, he gave them to the disciples to put before the people; and he made division of the two fishes among them all.
And they had some small fishes; and blessing them he had them put before the people in the same way.
And a blessing will be on him who has no doubts about me.
But a blessing be on your eyes, because they see; and on your ears, because they are open.
And he gave orders for the people to be seated on the grass; and he took the five cakes of bread and the two fishes and, looking up to heaven, he said words of blessing, and made division of the food, and gave it to the disciples, and the disciples gave it to the people.
And Jesus made answer and said to him, A blessing on you, Simon Bar-jonah: because this knowledge has not come to you from flesh and blood, but from my Father in heaven.
Then some people took little children to him, so that he might put his hands on them in blessing: and the disciples said sharp words to them.
And those who went before him, and those who came after, gave loud cries, saying, Glory to the Son of David: A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord: Glory in the highest.
For I say to you, You will not see me from this time till you say, A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord.
A blessing on that servant, who will be doing so when his lord comes.
Then will the King say to those on his right, Come, you who have the blessing of my Father, into the kingdom made ready for you before the world was:
And when they were taking food, Jesus took bread and, after blessing it, he gave the broken bread to the disciples and said, Take it; this is my body.
And the people gave a blessing to all the men who were freely offering to take up their places in Jerusalem.
And the chiefs of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua, the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers opposite them, to give blessing and praise as ordered by David, the man of God, watch against watch.
For in the days of David and Asaph in the past, there was a master of the music, and songs of blessing and praise to God.
Because they did not give the children of Israel bread and water when they came to them, but got Balaam to put a curse on them: though the curse was turned into a blessing by our God.
Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah said, Get up and give praise to the Lord your God for ever and ever. Praise be to your great name which is lifted up high over all blessing and praise.
And when it came to rest, he said, Take rest, O Lord, and give a blessing to the families of Israel.
And God said to Balaam, You are not to go with them, or put a curse on this people, for they have my blessing.
Come now, in answer to my prayer, and put a curse on this people, for they are greater than I: and then I may be strong enough to overcome them and send them out of the land: for it is clear that good comes to him who has your blessing, but he on whom you put your curse is cursed.
Then Balak said to Balaam, What have you done to me? I sent for you so that my haters might be cursed, and see, you have given them a blessing.
See, I have had orders to give blessing: and he has given a blessing which I have no power to take away.
Then Balak said to Balaam, If you will not put a curse on them, at all events do not give them a blessing.
Now when Balaam saw that it was the Lord's pleasure to give his blessing to Israel, he did not, as at other times, make use of secret arts, but turning his face to the waste land,
Then Balak was full of wrath against Balaam, and angrily waving his hands he said to Balaam, I sent for you so that those who are against me might be cursed, but now, see, three times you have given them a blessing.
He took his sleep stretched out like a lion, and like a she-lion: by whom will his rest be broken? May a blessing be on everyone who gives you blessing, and a curse on everyone by whom you are cursed.
Say to Aaron and his sons, These are the words of blessing which are to be used by you in blessing the children of Israel; say to them,
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