Deuteronomy 2:7
For LORD thy God has blessed thee in all the work of thy hand. He has known thy walking through this great wilderness. These forty years LORD thy God has been with thee; thou have lacked nothing.
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Genesis 12:2And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great, and be thou a blessing.
Genesis 26:12And Isaac sowed in that land, and found in the same year a hundredfold. And LORD blessed him.
Genesis 39:3And his master saw that LORD was with him, and that LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand.
Exodus 16:35And the sons of Israel ate the manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited. They ate the manna until they came to the borders of the land of Canaan.
Numbers 22:12And God said to Balaam, Thou shall not go with them. Thou shall not curse the people, for they are blessed.
Deuteronomy 8:4Thy raiment did not grow old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 2:2-8
The Seed of Esau and Lot Spared. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the Lord spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir many days. 2 And the Lord spake unto me, saying, 3 Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward. 4 And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore: 5… Read the whole commentary →