Discovery BoxDeuteronomy 28:1-8 
Context28:1 “If you indeed 1 obey the Lord your God and are careful to observe all his commandments I am giving 2 you today, the Lord your God will elevate you above all the nations of the earth. 28:2 All these blessings will come to you in abundance 3 if you obey the Lord your God: 28:3 You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the field. 4 28:4 Your children 5 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. 28:5 Your basket and your mixing bowl will be blessed. 28:6 You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out. 6 28:7 The Lord will cause your enemies who attack 7 you to be struck down before you; they will attack you from one direction 8 but flee from you in seven different directions. 28:8 The Lord will decree blessing for you with respect to your barns and in everything you do – yes, he will bless you in the land he 9 is giving you.
Deuteronomy 28:11
Context28:11 The Lord will greatly multiply your children, 10 the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your soil in the land which he 11 promised your ancestors 12 he would give you.
1 tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation indicates with “indeed.”
2 tn Heb “commanding”; NAB “which I enjoin on you today” (likewise in v. 15).
3 tn Heb “come upon you and overtake you” (so NASB, NRSV); NIV “come upon you and accompany you.”
4 tn Or “in the country” (so NAB, NIV, NLT). This expression also occurs in v. 15.
5 tn Heb “the fruit of your womb” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV).
6 sn Come in…go out. To “come in” and “go out” is a figure of speech (merism) indicating all of life and its activities.
7 tn Heb “who rise up against” (so NIV).
8 tn Heb “way” (also later in this verse and in v. 25).
9 tn Heb “the
10 tn Heb “the fruit of your womb” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV); CEV “will give you a lot of children.”
