בראשית יד,יט: וַיְבָרְ כֵּהוּ וַיֹאמַר בָרוּךְ אַבְרָם לְאֵּל עֶלְיוֹן קֹנֵּה שָמַיִם וָאָרֶץ:
The Baal HaTurim notes that there are seven Pesukim in the Torah which contain a berachah upon Hakadosh-Baruch-Hu ...
"Baruch HaShem Elokei Sheim" (No'ach 9:26).
"u'Baruch Keil Elyon" (Lech-l'cha 19:26).
"Vayomar: 'Baruch HaShem Elokei Adoni Avrohom' " (Chayei-Sarah 24:27).
"Vo'Ekod, vo'eshtachaveh la'HaShem va'avorech es HaShem" (Chayei-Sarah 24:48).
"Vayomer Yisro, 'Baruch HaShem' " (Yisro 18:10).
"ve'Achalto ve'sova'to u'verachto es HaShem ... " (Eikev 8:10).
"Baruch marchiv Gad" (ve'Zos-ha'B'rachah 33:20).
The above Pesukim contain a total of a hundred words, corresponding to the 100 Berachos that one is obligated to recite each day. The seven Pesukim correspond to the seven Berachos of the Shabbos and Yom-Tov Amidah. In five of them, the Name of HaShem is next to the word "Baruch", corresponding to the five Books of the Torah over which one recites a berachah, and if one adds to them "u'Baruch Keil Elyon", they correspond to the six Sedarim of Mishnayos.
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