Posts tagged blessing
Story 16: The Table of Nations: Japheth and the Unspoken One

The chapter of Genesis that comes after the flood is fascinating. It is called the Table of Nations. It tells of the people on earth that came from Noah’s three sons.

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Story 46 The Blessing

Isaac was getting older.   His eyes were becoming so weak that he was almost blind.  He was a hundred, and his aging heart and limbs could not move about as they used to.  He feared that the time of his death was coming.  Before he was gone, he was determined to speak a blessing to Esau, his firstborn son. 

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Story 72 Jacob’s Blessings as Curses

Once Jacob had put these wide and powerful blessings on the sons of Joseph, he called all of his sons together.  He said, “‘Gather around so I can tell you what will happen to you in days to come.’” 

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