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Discussion Plan: What is the Meaning of “Blessing”?
- If I bless you saying “May God grant you long life”, is that the same as wishing you a long life?
- If I bless you saying “May God grant you long life”, is that the same as hoping you will have a long life?
- Can people give blessings, or only God? If people can give them, do you think there is a difference between a blessing given by God and a blessing given by a person? Explain.
- Can you ‘give a blessing’ without blessing someone /something?
- Is there a difference being blessed and being a blessing?
- If a quality of ‘being hot’ is that the thing that is hot gives off heat – then is it possible that a quality of ‘being blessed’ is that the thing that is blessed gives off blessings?
- Could you ‘be a blessing’ if you had no effect on those around you?
| In Verse 3 God says:
וְנִבְרְכוּ בְךָ כֹּל מִשְׁפְּחֹת הָאֲדָמָה And all the families of the earth shall find blessing through you. |
| What do you think this means? |