Hebrews 11:20

Bible in Basic English (1941)

By faith Isaac, blessing Jacob and Esau, gave news of things to come.

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  • Gen 27:27-40 : 27 And he came near and gave him a kiss; and smelling the smell of his clothing, he gave him a blessing, and said, See, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field on which the blessing of the Lord has come: 28 May God give you the dew of heaven, and the good things of the earth, and grain and wine in full measure: 29 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. 30 And when Isaac had come to the end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob had not long gone away from Isaac his father, Esau came in from the field. 31 And he made ready a meal, good to the taste, and took it to his father, and said to him, Let my father get up and take of his son's meat, so that you may give me a blessing. 32 And Isaac his father said to him, Who are you? And he said, I am your oldest son, Esau. 33 And in great fear Isaac said, Who then is he who got meat and put it before me, and I took it all before you came, and gave him a blessing, and his it will be? 34 And hearing the words of his father, Esau gave a great and bitter cry, and said to his father, Give a blessing to me, even to me, O my father! 35 And he said, Your brother came with deceit, and took away your blessing. 36 And he said, Is it because he is named Jacob that he has twice taken my place? for he took away my birthright, and now he has taken away my blessing. And he said, Have you not kept a blessing for me? 37 And Isaac answering said, But I have made him your master, and have given him all his brothers for servants; I have made him strong with grain and wine: what then am I to do for you, my son? 38 And Esau said to his father, Is that the only blessing you have, my father? give a blessing to me, even me! And Esau was overcome with weeping. 39 Then Isaac his father made answer and said to him, Far from the fertile places of the earth, and far from the dew of heaven on high will your living-place be: 40 By your sword will you get your living and you will be your brother's servant; but when your power is increased his yoke will be broken from off your neck.
  • Gen 28:2-3 : 2 But go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel, your mother's father, and there get yourself a wife from the daughters of Laban, your mother's brother. 3 And may God, the Ruler of all, give you his blessing, giving you fruit and increase, so that you may become an army of peoples.

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  • Heb 11:21-22
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    21By faith Jacob gave a blessing to the two sons of Joseph, when he was near to death; and gave God worship, supported by his stick.

    22By faith Joseph, when his end was near, said that the children of Israel would go out of Egypt; and gave orders about his bones.

  • Heb 11:17-19
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    17By faith Abraham made an offering of Isaac, when he was tested: and he with whom the agreement had been made gave up as an offering the only son of his body,

    18Of whom it had been said, From Isaac will your seed take their name:

    19Judging that God was able to give life even to the dead; and because of this he did get him back as if from death.

  • Gen 27:29-31
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    76%

    29Let 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.

    30And when Isaac had come to the end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob had not long gone away from Isaac his father, Esau came in from the field.

    31And he made ready a meal, good to the taste, and took it to his father, and said to him, Let my father get up and take of his son's meat, so that you may give me a blessing.

  • Gen 27:33
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    33And in great fear Isaac said, Who then is he who got meat and put it before me, and I took it all before you came, and gave him a blessing, and his it will be?

  • Gen 27:36
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    36And he said, Is it because he is named Jacob that he has twice taken my place? for he took away my birthright, and now he has taken away my blessing. And he said, Have you not kept a blessing for me?

  • 1 Chr 1:34
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    34And Abraham was the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel.

  • Gen 27:21-23
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    21And Isaac said, Come near so that I may put my hand on you, my son, and see if you are truly my son Esau or not.

    22And Jacob went near his father Isaac: and he put his hands on him; and he said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.

    23And he did not make out who he was, because his hands were covered with hair like his brother Esau's hands: so he gave him a blessing.

  • Gen 27:41
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    41So Esau was full of hate for Jacob because of his father's blessing; and he said in his heart, The days of weeping for my father are near; then I will put my brother Jacob to death.

  • Gen 27:10
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    10And you will take it to him, so that he may have a good meal and give you his blessing before his death.

  • Rom 9:10
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    10And not only so, but Rebecca being about to have a child by our father Isaac--

  • Heb 11:8-9
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    72%

    8By faith Abraham did as God said when he was ordered to go out into a place which was to be given to him as a heritage, and went out without knowledge of where he was going.

    9By faith he was a wanderer in the land of the agreement, as in a strange land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who had a part with him in the same heritage:

  • Gen 28:6
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    6So when Esau saw that Isaac had given Jacob his blessing, and sent him away to Paddan-aram to get a wife for himself there, blessing him and saying to him, Do not take a wife from among the women of Canaan;

  • Gen 27:1
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    1Now when Isaac was old and his eyes had become clouded so that he was not able to see, he sent for Esau, his first son, and said to him, My son: and he said, Here am I.

  • Gen 28:4
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    4And may God give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your seed, so that the land of your wanderings, which God gave to Abraham, may be your heritage.

  • Josh 24:4
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    4And to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau: to Esau I gave Mount Seir, as his heritage; but Jacob and his children went down to Egypt.

  • Gen 25:11
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    11Now after the death of Abraham, the blessing of God was with Isaac, his son.

  • Rom 9:12
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    12It was said to her, The older will be the servant of the younger.

  • 1 Chr 16:16
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    16The agreement which he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac;

  • Heb 11:2
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    2For by it our fathers had God's approval.

  • Gen 27:6
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    6And Rebekah said to Jacob, her son, Your father said to your brother Esau in my hearing,

  • Gen 48:20
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    20So he gave them his blessing that day, saying, You will be the sign of blessing in Israel, for they will say, May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh; and he put Ephraim before Manasseh.

  • Gen 27:39
    71%

    39Then Isaac his father made answer and said to him, Far from the fertile places of the earth, and far from the dew of heaven on high will your living-place be:

  • Gen 25:26
    71%

    26And after him, his brother came out, gripping Esau's foot; and he was named Jacob: Isaac was sixty years old when she gave birth to them.

  • Gen 48:15
    71%

    15And he gave Joseph a blessing, saying, May the God to whom my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, gave worship, the God who has taken care of me all my life till this day,

  • Gen 27:19
    70%

    19And Jacob said, I am Esau, your oldest son; I have done as you said: come now, be seated and take of my meat, so that you may give me a blessing.

  • Gen 26:12
    70%

    12Now Isaac, planting seed in that land, got in the same year fruit a hundred times as much, for the blessing of the Lord was on him.

  • Gen 25:19
    70%

    19Now these are the generations of Abraham's son Isaac:

  • Gen 27:15
    70%

    15And Rebekah took the fair robes of her oldest son, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob, her younger son: