Genesis 33:11

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

My blessing

2 Corinthians 9:5

And because

Genesis 33:9

Philippians 4:11

Enough

1 Timothy 4:8

Urged him

2 Kings 2:17

2 Kings 5:16

Luke 14:23

General references

Genesis 30:43

Bible References

My blessing

Then he put up his tent there for the night; and from among his goods he took, as an offering for his brother Esau,

And she said, Give me a blessing; because you have put me in dry south-land, now give me springs of water. So he gave her the higher spring and the lower spring.

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.

And let this offering, which your servant gives to my lord, be given to the young men who are with my lord.

And when David came to Ziklag, he sent some of the goods to the responsible men of Judah, and to his friends, saying, Here is an offering for you from the goods of those who were fighting against the Lord;

Then he went back to the man of God, with all his train, and, taking his place before him, said, Now I am certain that there is no God in all the earth, but only in Israel: now then, take an offering from me.

So it seemed to me wise for the brothers to go before, and see that the amount which you had undertaken to give was ready, so that it might be a cause for praise, and not as if we were making profit out of you.

And because

But Esau said, I have enough; keep what is yours, my brother, for yourself.

But I will not say anything about my needs, for I am able, wherever I am, to be dependent on myself.

Enough

What may we say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us?

So let no one take pride in men. For all things are yours;

As full of sorrow, but ever glad; as poor, but giving wealth to others; as having nothing, but still having all things.

It is the same to me if I am looked down on or honoured; everywhere and in all things I have the secret of how to be full and how to go without food; how to have wealth and how to be in need.

For the training of the body is of profit for a little, but religion is of profit in every way, giving hope for the life which now is, and for that which is to come.

Urged him

But when they kept on requesting him, he was shamed and said, Send, then. So they sent fifty men; but after searching for three days, they came back without having seen him.

But he said, By the life of the Lord whose servant I am, I will take nothing from you. And he did his best to make him take it but he would not.

And the lord said to the servant, Go out into the roads and the fields, and make them come in, so that my house may be full.

General references

So Jacob's wealth was greatly increased; he had great flocks and women-servants and men-servants and camels and asses.