Berakah — Blessing

The noun of blessing: 'I will bless thee… and thou shalt be a blessing' — the promise that launched Abraham's story.

Berakah in the Bible — example verses

“And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:”Genesis 12:2 (KJV)

“My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.”Genesis 27:12 (KJV)

“And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing.”Genesis 27:35 (KJV)

“And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?”Genesis 27:36 (KJV)

“And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.”Genesis 27:38 (KJV)

“And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.”Genesis 27:41 (KJV)

“And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.”Genesis 28:4 (KJV)

“Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took it.”Genesis 33:11 (KJV)

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