Genesis 12:16 — King James Version← Study notes

“And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.”

Genesis 12:16 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 12:1612 words

וּלְאַבְרָםûləʾavərāmAnd to Abram

הֵיטִיבhêṭîvBe

בַּעֲבוּרָהּbaʿăvûrāhIn crossed

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist

לוֹlwōTo

צֹאןṣōʾnFlock

וּבָקָרûvāqārAnd beeve

וַחֲמֹרִיםwaḥămōrîmAnd ass

וַעֲבָדִיםwaʿăvādîmAnd servant

וּשְׁפָחֹתûšəp̄āḥōtAnd female slave

וַאֲתֹנֹתwaʾătōnōtAnd female donkey

וּגְמַלִּיםûgəmalîmAnd camel

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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