Genesis 24:60 — King James Version← Study notes
“And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.”
Genesis 24:60 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 24:6015 words
וַיְבָרֲכוּwayəvārăḵûAnd kneel
אֶתʾet—
רִבְקָהrivəqāhRibkah
וַיֹּאמְרוּwayōʾmərûAnd say
לָהּlāhTo
אֲחֹתֵנוּʾăḥōtēnûSister
אַתְּʾatəThou
הֲיִיhăyîExist
לְאַלְפֵיləʾaləp̄êTo thousand
רְבָבָהrəvāvāhAbundance
וְיִירַשׁwəyîrašAnd occupy
זַרְעֵךְzarəʿēḵəSeed
אֵתʾēt—
שַׁעַרšaʿarOpening
שֹׂנְאָיוśōnəʾāywHate
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