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

And he lodged there that same night and took of that which came to his hand as a present for Esau his brother:

And she answered, Give me a blessing, for thou hast given me a dry land; give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.

And she said unto him, Give me a blessing, for thou hast given me a dry land; give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.

And now this blessing which thy handmaid has brought unto my lord, let it be given unto the servants that follow my lord.

And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, his friends, saying, Behold a blessing for you of the spoil of the enemies of the LORD:

And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came and stood before him, and he said, Behold, now I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing from thy slave.

Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would first go unto you and prepare beforehand your blessing, of which ye had given notice before that the same might be ready as a blessing, and not as of covetousness.

And because

And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep what thou hast unto thyself.

Not that I speak in respect of want, for I have learned, in whatever state I am, to be content.

Enough

What shall we then say to these things? If God is for us, who shall be against us?

Therefore let no one glory in men. For all things are yours;

as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

I know both how to be humbled, and I know how to have an abundance; in everything and by all things I am instructed, both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.

For bodily exercise profits a little, but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come.

Urged him

But when they urged him until he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men, and they sought him three days, but did not find him.

But he said, As the LORD lives, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it, but he refused.

And the lord said unto the slave, Go out into the highways and hedges and compel them to come in that my house may be filled.

General references

And the man increased exceedingly, and had many sheep, and maidslaves and menslaves, and camels, and asses.