Genesis 27:28 May God give you heaven's dew and earth's richness-- an abundance of grain and new wine.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
May God give you heaven's dew and earth's richness-- an abundance of grain and new wine.

English Standard Version
May God give you of the dew of heaven and of the fatness of the earth and plenty of grain and wine.

New American Standard Bible
Now may God give you of the dew of heaven, And of the fatness of the earth, And an abundance of grain and new wine;

King James Bible
Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
May God give to you-- from the dew of the sky and from the richness of the land-- an abundance of grain and new wine.

International Standard Version
May the LORD grant you dew from the skies, and from the fertile land; may he grant you abundant grain and fresh wine.

American Standard Version
And God give thee of the dew of heaven, And of the fatness of the earth, And plenty of grain and new wine.

Douay-Rheims Bible
God give thee the dew of heaven, and of the fatness of the earth, abundance of corn and wine.

Darby Bible Translation
And God give thee of the dew of heaven, And of the fatness of the earth, And plenty of corn and new wine.

Young's Literal Translation
and God doth give to thee of the dew of heaven, and of the fatness of the earth, and abundance of corn and wine;

Cross References

Genesis 27:37
And Isaac answered and said to Esau, Behold, I have made him your lord, and all his brothers have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now to you, my son?

Genesis 27:39
And Isaac his father answered and said to him, Behold, your dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above;

Genesis 45:18
And take your father and your households, and come to me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and you shall eat the fat of the land.

Genesis 49:25
Even by the God of your father, who shall help you; and by the Almighty, who shall bless you with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lies under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:

Numbers 18:12
All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, the first fruits of them which they shall offer to the LORD, them have I given you.

Deuteronomy 33:13
And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath,

Deuteronomy 33:28
Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob shall be on a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew.

Proverbs 3:20
By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.

Proverbs 19:12
The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favor is as dew on the grass.

Zechariah 8:12
For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

27:18-29 Jacob, with some difficulty, gained his point, and got the blessing. This blessing is in very general terms. No mention is made of the distinguishing mercies in the covenant with Abraham. This might be owing to Isaac having Esau in his mind, though it was Jacob who was before him. He could not be ignorant how Esau had despised the best things. Moreover, his attachment to Esau, so as to disregard the mind of God, must have greatly weakened his own faith in these things. It might therefore be expected, that leanness would attend his blessing, agreeing with the state of his mind.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

Ge 27:28-46. The Blessing.

28. God give thee of the dew of heaven—To an Oriental mind, this phraseology implied the highest flow of prosperity. The copious fall of dew is indispensable to the fruitfulness of lands, which would be otherwise arid and sterile through the violent heat; and it abounds most in hilly regions, such as Canaan, hence called the "fat land" (Ne 9:25, 35).

plenty of corn and wine—Palestine was famous for vineyards, and it produced varieties of corn, namely, wheat, barley, oats, and rye.