Genesis 24:7 — King James Version← Study notes
“The Lord God of heaven, which took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.”
Genesis 24:7 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 24:729 words
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֵיʾĕlōhêGod
הַשָּׁמַיִםhašāmayimThe heavens
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
לְקָחַנִיləqāḥanîTake
מִבֵּיתmibêtFrom a house
אָבִיʾāvîFather
וּמֵאֶרֶץûmēʾereṣAnd from earth
מוֹלַדְתִּיmwōladətîNativity
וַאֲשֶׁרwaʾăšerAnd who
דִּבֶּרdiberArrange
לִיlîTo
וַאֲשֶׁרwaʾăšerAnd who
נִשְׁבַּעnišəbaʿSeven
לִיlîTo
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
לְזַרְעֲךָləzarəʿăḵāTo seed
אֶתֵּןʾetēnGive
אֶתʾet—
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
הַזֹּאתhazōʾtThe this
הוּאhûʾHe
יִשְׁלַחyišəlaḥSend
מַלְאָכוֹmaləʾāḵwōMessenger
לְפָנֶיךָləp̄āneyḵāTo face
וְלָקַחְתָּwəlāqaḥətāAnd take
אִשָּׁהʾišāhWoman
לִבְנִיlivənîTo son
מִשָּׁםmišāmFrom there
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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