'Grant' in the Bible

And he said to him, “All right, I’ll grant your request about this matter too and will not demolish the town you mentioned.

"I am a temporary settler among you. Grant me ownership of a burial site among you so that I may bury my dead."

And Abraham said to them, “If you are willing to grant my dead a [proper] burial, listen to me, and plead with Ephron the son of Zohar for me,

“Lord, God of my master Abraham,” he prayed, “give me success today, and show kindness to my master Abraham.

May the LORD grant you dew from the skies, and from the fertile land; may he grant you abundant grain and fresh wine.

Then Shechem said to Dinah’s father and brothers, “Grant me this favor, and I’ll give you whatever you say.

and may God Almighty grant you compassion in the sight of the man, so that he will release to you your other brother and Benjamin. And as for me, if I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.”

I will grant this people public favor with the Egyptians, and as a result, when you leave you won't go empty-handed.

And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land.

I shall also grant peace in the land, so that you may lie down with no one making you tremble. I shall also eliminate harmful beasts from the land, and no sword will pass through your land.

And when you come with us, the good things that the LORD will grant us, we'll give you as well."

Therefore declare: I grant him My covenant of peace.

Look! I'm about to grant you a blessing and a curse

Nothing set apart for destruction is to remain in your hand, so that the Lord will turn from His burning anger and grant you mercy, show you compassion, and multiply you as He swore to your fathers.

“At the end of every seven years you shall grant a remission of debts.

For the LORD your God will be with you, fighting on your behalf against your enemies in order to grant you victory.'

The Lord will grant you a blessing on your storehouses and on everything you do; He will bless you in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

She then said to her father, "Please grant me this one wish. For two months allow me to walk through the hills with my friends and mourn my virginity."

And when their fathers or their brothers come to complain to us, we will say to them, 'Grant them graciously to us; because we did not take for each man of them his wife in battle, neither did you give them to them, else you would now be guilty.'"

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.

Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him.

David took from her what she had brought him and told her, "Go up to your house in peace. Look, I've heard your request and will grant it."

when I had commanded judges to administer my people Israel. I'll also grant you relief from all your enemies."'

“Now therefore, I’ve come to present this matter to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid. Your servant thought: I must speak to the king. Perhaps the king will grant his servant’s request.

Then the king said to Joab, “I hereby grant this request. Go, bring back the young man Absalom.”

Perhaps the Lord will notice my affliction and this day grant me good in place of his curse."

I grant your request, and give you a wise and discerning mind superior to that of anyone who has preceded or will succeed you.

If you follow my instructions by obeying my rules and regulations, just as your father David did, then I will grant you long life."

and forgive Your people who have sinned against You and all the transgressions which they have committed against You, and make them objects of compassion before their captors, that they will be merciful to them

Then they spoke to him, saying, “If you will be a servant to this people today, and will serve them and grant them their petition, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.”

during the time I had commanded judges to administer my people Israel. I'll also grant you deliverance from all your enemies.

Furthermore, it has pleased you to bless the dynasty of your servant, so that it will continue in place forever in your presence, because when you, LORD, grant a blessing, it is an eternal blessing."

Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of this threshingfloor, that I may build an altar therein unto the LORD: thou shalt grant it me for the full price: that the plague may be stayed from the people.

He will build a temple to honor me; he will become my son, and I will become his father. I will grant to his dynasty permanent rule over Israel.'

Grant to Solomon my son a heart of peace to keep your commands, your statutes, and your regulations to do everything, and to build the citadel for which I have provided."

Now grant me wisdom and knowledge so that I may lead these people, for who can judge this great people of Yours?”

They said to him, "If you are fair to these people, grant their request, and are cordial to them, they will be your servants from this time forward."

And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; therefore I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.

'And now, lo, sons of Ammon, and Moab, and mount Seir, whom Thou didst not grant to Israel to go in against in their coming out of the land of Egypt, for they turned aside from off them and destroyed them not,

They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.

But now for a brief moment grace has been shown from the Lord our God, to leave us an escaped remnant and to give us a peg in His holy place, that our God may enlighten our eyes and grant us a little reviving in our bondage.

Even though we are slaves, our God has not abandoned us in our slavery. Instead, he has extended gracious love to us in the presence of the kings of Persia, to grant us revival, to set up the Temple of our God, to repair its damage, and to give us a protective wall for Judah and Jerusalem.

O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king's cupbearer.

I also said to the king: “If it pleases the king, let me have letters written to the governors of the region west of the Euphrates River, so that they will grant me safe passage until I reach Judah.

I gave them this reply, “The God of heaven is the One who will grant us success. We, His servants, will start building, but you have no share, right, or historic claim in Jerusalem.”

If I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do to morrow as the king hath said.

Queen Esther replied, "If I have met with your approval, O king, and if the king is so inclined, grant me my life as my request, and my people as my petition.

Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!

Only grant these two things to me, God,so that I will not have to hide from Your presence:

Who doth grant now, That my words may be written? Who doth grant that in a book they may be graven?

"If I refused to grant the desire of the poor or exhausted the eyes of the widow,

"Who will grant me a hearing? Here's my signature let the Almighty answer! Since my adversary indicted me,

because God didn't grant her wisdom and never gave her understanding.

and make them a little less than the heavenly beings? You grant mankind honor and majesty;

send you help from the sanctuary, grant you support from Zion,

Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel.

Then we will shout for joy over your victory; we will rejoice in the name of our God! May the Lord grant all your requests!

You grant him his heart's desire; you do not refuse his request. (Selah)

For you grant him lasting blessings; you give him great joy by allowing him into your presence.

Grant me the ultimate joy of being forgiven! May the bones you crushed rejoice!

For you, O God, hear my vows; you grant me the reward that belongs to your loyal followers.

For Solomon. O God, grant the king the ability to make just decisions! Grant the king's son the ability to make fair decisions!

Shew us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us thy salvation.

Turn to me, and be gracious to me;Oh grant Your strength to Your servant,And save the son of Your handmaid.

That You may grant him relief from the days of adversity,Until a pit is dug for the wicked.

Remember me, O Lord, when You favor Your people.Visit me with Your salvation [when You rescue them],

Lord, save us!Lord, please grant us success!

Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.

Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.

My righteousness is brought near and it's not far off, and my salvation won't delay. I'll grant salvation in Zion, and to Israel, my glory."

To grant those who mourn in Zion,Giving them a garland instead of ashes,The oil of gladness instead of mourning,The mantle of praise instead of a spirit of fainting.So they will be called oaks of righteousness,The planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.

Are there any among the idols of the nations who give rain?Or can the heavens grant showers?Is it not You, O Lord our God?Therefore we hope in You,For You are the one who has done all these things.

So I will hurl you from this land into a land that you and your fathers are not familiar with. There you will worship other gods both day and night, for I will not grant you grace.

Lord, grant me relief from my suffering so that I may have some relief. Rescue me from those who persecute me so that I may be rescued.

The Lord spoke to Jeremiah after King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to grant their slaves their freedom.

So I, the Lord, say: "You have not really obeyed me and granted freedom to your neighbor and fellow countryman. Therefore, I will grant you freedom, the freedom to die in war, or by starvation or disease. I, the Lord, affirm it! I will make all the kingdoms of the earth horrified at what happens to you.

But now please listen, your royal Majesty, and grant my plea for mercy. Do not send me back to the house of Jonathan, the royal secretary. If you do, I will die there."

They said to him, "Please grant our request and pray to the Lord your God for all those of us who are still left alive here. For, as you yourself can see, there are only a few of us left out of the many there were before.

I will grant you compassion, and he will have compassion on you and allow you to return to your own soil.

But as for you, do you seek great things for yourself? Stop seeking! For I am about to bring disaster on every living creature’—this is the Lord’s declaration—‘but I will grant you your life like the spoils of war wherever you go.’”

So Daniel went in and requested the king to grant him time, that he might disclose the interpretation to the king.

He will attack mighty fortresses, aided by a foreign deity. To those who recognize him he will grant considerable honor. He will place them in authority over many people, and he will parcel out land for a price.

Who knows? Perhaps he will be compassionate and grant a reprieve, and leave blessing in his wake -- a meal offering and a drink offering for you to offer to the Lord your God!

"The glory of this present house will be greater than was the former," declares the LORD of the Heavenly Armies. "And in this place I will grant peace," declares the LORD of the Heavenly Armies."

“This is what the Lord of Hosts says: If you walk in My ways and keep My instructions, you will both rule My house and take care of My courts; I will also grant you access among these who are standing here.