Thematic Bible: Cursed


Thematic Bible



A curse on the day of my birth: let there be no blessing on the day when my mother had me.

Why did I come from my mother's body to see pain and sorrow, so that my days might be wasted with shame?


And he gave him the name of Noah, saying, Truly, he will give us rest from our trouble and the hard work of our hands, because of the earth which was cursed by God.



Let peoples be your servants, and nations go down before you: be lord over your brothers, and let your mother's sons go down before you: a curse be on everyone by whom you are cursed, and a blessing on those who give you a blessing.

He took his sleep stretched out like a lion, and like a she-lion: by whom will his rest be broken? May a blessing be on everyone who gives you blessing, and a curse on everyone by whom you are cursed.


Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain