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Give me blessing
... and you will give me sources (pools) of waters”.
Thus, the blessing that the girl asks of her father is clearly described: it is
not “to speak well“ (from the etymology of the word “bless”, O.E. Bibles used
to translate Latin benedicere and Greek eulogein, both of which have a basic
meaning of “to speak well”)**, it is not a loving comprehension or a caring
partnership, it is not about invoking God's help or receiving some sort of
magical energy or power...
The required blessing is unequivocal: Water to cultivate the land! - they
needed this!
Her father then gives them what they ask for: Caleb allowed them to access to
“the upper spring and the nether spring”, two sources in the northern and
southern ends of the interested land. The blessing (berakhàh) is thus granted,
the land becomes fertile and they can produce food.
Nothing magic, shamanic, or spiritual: the blessing is immediately operative
because it is concrete: water for a dry land!
Jacob and Esau
(cf. Gen 27:1 et seq.)
Going back to the story of these brothers, which is one of the best known of the
entire Bible, we revisit these two sons of Issac, twins born at the same time.
Esau was delivered first, and so he is clearly the firstborn.
When Rebecca was about to give birth we read that (Gen 25:24 et seq.):
there were twins in her womb. The first came out red, all his body like a hairy mantle; so
they named him Esau. Afterwards his brother came out, with his hand gripping Esau's heel; so
he was named Jacob.
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