He answered: They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said: Bring them to me, that I may bless them.

my sons.

Genesis 30:2 And Jacob being angry with her, answered: Am I as God, who hath deprived thee of the fruit of thy womb?

Genesis 33:5 And lifting up his eyes, he saw the women and their children, and said: What mean these? And do they belong to thee? He answered: They are the children which God hath given to me, thy servant.

Ruth 4:11-14 Then all the people that were in the gate, and the ancients, answered: We are witnesses: The Lord make this woman who cometh into thy house, like Rachel, and Lia, who built up the house of Israel: that she may be an example of virtue in Ephrata, and may have a famous name in Bethlehem: . . .

1 Samuel 1:20,27 And it came to pass when the time was come about, Anna conceived and bore a son, and called his name Samuel: because she had asked him of the Lord. . . .

1 Samuel 2:20,21 And Heli blessed Elcana and his wife: and he said to him: The Lord give thee seed of this woman, for the loan thou hast lent to the Lord. And they went to their own home. . . .

1 Chronicles 25:5 All these were the sons of Heman the seer of the king in the words of God, to lift up the horn: and God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.

Psalm 127:3 Behold the inheritance of the Lord are children: the reward, the fruit of the womb.

Isaiah 8:18 Behold I and my children, whom the Lord hath given me for a sign, and for a wonder in Israel from the Lord of hosts, who dwelleth in mount Sion.

Isaiah 56:3-5 And let not the son of the stranger, that adhereth to the Lord, speak, saying: The Lord will divide and separate me from his people. And let not the eunuch say: Behold I am a dry tree. . . .

bless them.

Genesis 27:4,28,29,34-40 Make me a savoury meat thereof, as thou knowest I like, and bring it that I may eat: and my soul may bless thee, before I die. . . .

Genesis 28:3,4 And God almighty bless thee, and make thee to increase and multiply thee: that thou mayst be a multitude of people. . . .

Genesis 49:28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: these things their father spoke to them, and he blessed every one with their proper blessings.

Deuteronomy 33:1 This is the blessing, wherewith the man of God, Moses, blessed the children of Israel, before his death.

Hebrews 11:21 By faith Jacob, dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph and adored the top of his rod.