saying, Surely indeed, blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.

For the soil that has drunk the rain often coming upon it, and bringing forth vegetation useful for those by whom also it is cultivated, partakes of a blessing from God.

For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of God Most High, having met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, also blessed him.

But the man who did not descend from them has received tithes from Abraham, and has blessed the man having the promises.

And without all contradiction the inferior is blessed by the superior.

By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau about things coming.

By faith Jacob, while dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and bowed in worship upon the top of his staff.

For ye also know that wanting afterward to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place of repentance, though having sought it with tears.