Fathers Day Thoughts: The Tenfold Blessing Of A Father

" ’ "The LORD bless you and keep you;

the LORD make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you;

the LORD turn his face toward you and give you peace." ’

"So they will put my name on the Israelites, and I will bless them."

GENESIS 27:1-4

When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called for Esau his older son and said to him, "My son." "Here I am," he answered.

Isaac said, "I am now an old man and don’t know the day of my death.

Now then, get your weapons—your quiver and bow—and go out to the open country to hunt some wild game for me.

Prepare me the kind of tasty food I like and bring it to me to eat, so that I may give you my blessing before I die."

GENESIS 48:8-9, 15-16

When Israel saw the sons of Joseph, he asked, "Who are these?"

"They are the sons God has given me here," Joseph said to his father. Then Israel said, "Bring them to me so I may bless them."

Then he blessed Joseph and said,"May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,

the Angel who has delivered me from all harm —may he bless these boys. May they be called by my name and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and may they increase greatly upon the earth."

GENESIS 49:1, 22-26

Then Jacob called for his sons and said: "Gather around so I can tell you what will happen to you in days to come.

"Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine near a spring,whose branches climb over a wall.

With bitterness archers attacked him; they shot at him with hostility.

But his bow remained steady, his strong arms stayed limber, because of the hand of the Mighty One of Jacob, because of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,

because of your father’s God, who helps you, because of the Almighty, who blesses you with blessings of the heavens above, blessings of the deep that lies below, blessings of the breast and womb.

Your father’s blessings are greater than the blessings of the ancient mountains,than the bounty of the age-old hills.Let all these rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince among his brothers.

GENESIS 9:24-27

When Noah awoke from his wine and found out what his youngest son had done to him,

he said,"Cursed be Canaan! The lowest of slaves will he be to his brothers."

He also said, "Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the slave of Shem.

May God extend the territory of Japheth ; may Japheth live in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be his slave."

PROVERBS 20:7

The righteous man leads a blameless life; blessed are his children after him.

PSALMS 112:1-2

Praise the LORD.Blessed is the man who fears the LORD,who finds great delight in his commands.

His children will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.

EXODUS 20:5-6

You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,

but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.