Ulangan 28:2-4

28:2 All these blessings will come to you in abundance ¹  if you obey the Lord your God: 28:3 You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the field. ²  28:4 Your children ³  will be blessed, as well as the produce of your soil, the offspring of your livestock, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks.

Ulangan 28:11

28:11 The Lord will greatly multiply your children, ⁴  the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your soil in the land which he ⁵  promised your ancestors ⁶  he would give you.

Ulangan 28:15-18

Curses as Reversal of Blessings

28:15 “But if you ignore ⁷  the Lord your God and are not careful to keep all his commandments and statutes I am giving you today, then all these curses will come upon you in full force: ⁸  28:16 You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the field. 28:17 Your basket and your mixing bowl will be cursed. 28:18 Your children ⁹  will be cursed, as well as the produce of your soil, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks.

[28:2]  ¹ tn Heb “come upon you and overtake you” (so NASB, NRSV); NIV “come upon you and accompany you.”

[28:3]  ² tn Or “in the country” (so NAB, NIV, NLT). This expression also occurs in v. 15.

[28:4]  ³ tn Heb “the fruit of your womb” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV).

[28:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “the fruit of your womb” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV); CEV “will give you a lot of children.”

[28:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” in 28:8.

[28:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 36, 64).

[28:15]  ⁷ tn Heb “do not hear the voice of.”

[28:15]  ⁸ tn Heb “and overtake you” (so NIV, NRSV); NAB, NLT “and overwhelm you.”

[28:18]  ⁹ tn Heb “the fruit of your womb” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV).