Genesis 17:8 — King James Version← Study notes
“And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.”
Genesis 17:8 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 17:816 words
וְנָתַתִּיwənātatîAnd give
לְךָləḵāTo
וּלְזַרְעֲךָûləzarəʿăḵāAnd to seed
אַחֲרֶיךָʾaḥăreyḵāThe hind part
אֵתʾēt—
אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth
מְגֻרֶיךָməgureyḵāTemporary abode
אֵתʾēt—
כָּלkālWhole
אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth
כְּנַעַןkənaʿanKenaan
לַאֲחֻזַּתlaʾăḥuzatTo seized
עוֹלָםʿwōlāmConcealed
וְהָיִיתִיwəhāyîtîAnd exist
לָהֶםlāhemTo
לֵאלֹהִיםlēʾlōhîmTo God
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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