Genesis 24:3 — King James Version← Study notes
“And I will make thee swear by the Lord, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:”
Genesis 24:3 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 24:317 words
וְאַשְׁבִּיעֲךָwəʾašəbîʿăḵāAnd seven
בַּיהוָהbayhwāhIn LORD
אֱלֹהֵיʾĕlōhêGod
הַשָּׁמַיִםhašāmayimThe heavens
וֵאלֹהֵיwēʾlōhêAnd God
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
לֹאlōʾNot
תִקַּחtiqaḥTake
אִשָּׁהʾišāhWoman
לִבְנִיlivənîTo son
מִבְּנוֹתmibənwōtFrom daughter
הַכְּנַעֲנִיhakənaʿănîThe Kenaanite
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
אָנֹכִיʾānōḵîI
יוֹשֵׁבywōšēvSit
בְּקִרְבּוֹbəqirəbwōIn nearest
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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