Genesis 27:28
Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:
Cross-references
In Genesis 27:39, Isaac's subsequent blessing to Esau contrasts sharply: a land of 'fatness' but without the 'dew of heaven.'
Genesis 27:37 has Isaac confirming Jacob's blessing includes grain and new wine — the exact terms he cannot retract from Jacob.
In Genesis 45:18, Pharaoh offers Joseph the 'fat of the land,' a specific echo of Isaac's agricultural promise to Jacob's lineage.
In Hebrews 11:20, Isaac's blessing of Jacob is cited as an act of faith, seeing the future promise beyond the immediate deception.
Joel 2:19 promises Israel grain, new wine, and olive oil after judgment — the exact blessing language Isaac uses, but as covenant restoration.
In Hosea 14:5-7, God promises future flourishing 'like a vine' and 'like Lebanon,' directly echoing the agricultural and fruitful aspects of Isaac's blessing.
In Psalm 65:9-13, the same divine blessing on the land with grain, wine, and rain echoes Isaac's agricultural promise to Jacob.
1 Kings 17:1 pronounces drought — no dew or rain — as divine judgment, the direct negation of the heaven's dew and earth's abundance promised to Jacob.
2 Samuel 1:21 curses Gilboa with 'no dew or rain' — the precise withdrawal of the heaven-sourced blessing Jacob received here. A deliberate inversion.
Deuteronomy 33:28 promises Jacob's dwelling with 'grain and wine' and skies that 'drop down dew' — directly echoing every element of this blessing.
Deuteronomy 8:7-9 describes a land of wheat, barley, vines, and olive oil — the same rich abundance Isaac blessed Jacob to receive.
Deuteronomy 7:13 promises Israel grain, new wine, and olive oil — the same agricultural blessings Isaac pronounced over Jacob here.
Deuteronomy 33:13 blesses Joseph's land with 'choicest gifts of heaven above' — the same heaven-sourced blessing language found in this patriarchal blessing.
Job 38:28 asks who fathers the dew — the same heaven's dew Isaac invokes, here posed as divine mystery only God controls.
In Micah 5:7, Jacob's remnant among the nations is like 'dew from the LORD,' a supernatural blessing echoing the 'dew of heaven' in Isaac's blessing.
Zechariah 8:12 echoes this blessing — dew and fruitful ground as signs of God's restored favor on His people's land.
In Numbers 13:20, Moses tells spies to check if Canaan is 'fat or lean' — the same promised land whose fertility Isaac blesses Jacob with here.
Deuteronomy 32:2 prays that Moses' teaching 'drop as dew' — using the same heavenly dew image as a metaphor for divine blessing descending.
Deuteronomy 11:11 describes the Promised Land drinking 'rain from heaven' — the same divine source of heaven's moisture referenced in the dew of this blessing.
Psalm 104:15 lists wine and bread as God's gifts to sustain humanity — the same agricultural blessings Isaac pronounces over Jacob.
Zechariah 9:17 envisions grain making young men thrive and new wine enriching women — same abundance imagery as Isaac's blessing.