Deuteronomy 2:7
For the blessing of the Lord your God has been on you in all the work of your hands: he has knowledge of your wanderings through this great waste: these forty years the Lord your God has been with you, and you have been short of nothing.
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6You may get food for your needs from them for a price, and water for drinking.
Cross References
Genesis 12:2And I will make of you a great nation, blessing you and making your name great; and you will be a blessing:
Genesis 26:12Now 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.
Genesis 39:3And his master saw that the Lord was with him, making everything he did go well.
Exodus 16:35And the children of Israel had manna for their food for forty years, till they came to a land with people in it, till they came to the edge of the land of Canaan.
Numbers 22:12And God said to Balaam, You are not to go with them, or put a curse on this people, for they have my blessing.
Deuteronomy 8:4Through all these forty years your clothing did not get old or your feet become tired.
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 →