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Genesis 28:13 — King James Version← Study notes

And, behold, the Lord stood above it, and said, I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;


Genesis 28:13Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 28:1320 words
וְהִנֵּהwəhinēhAnd lo!
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
נִצָּבniṣāvStation
עָלָיוʿālāywAbove
וַיֹּאמַרwayōʾmarAnd say
אֲנִיʾănîI
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֵיʾĕlōhêGod
אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham
אָבִיךָʾāvîḵāFather
וֵאלֹהֵיwēʾlōhêAnd God
יִצְחָקyiṣəḥāqIsaac
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
אַתָּהʾatāhThou
שֹׁכֵבšōḵēvLie down
עָלֶיהָʿāleyhāAbove
לְךָləḵāTo
אֶתְּנֶנָּהʾetənenāhGive
וּלְזַרְעֶךָûləzarəʿeḵāAnd to seed
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְהִנֵּהwəhinēhAnd lo!
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
נִצָּבniṣāvStation
עָלָיוʿālāywAbove
וַיֹּאמַרwayōʾmarAnd say
אֲנִיʾănîI
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֵיʾĕlōhêGod
אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham
אָבִיךָʾāvîḵāFather
וֵאלֹהֵיwēʾlōhêAnd God
יִצְחָקyiṣəḥāqIsaac
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
אַתָּהʾatāhThou
שֹׁכֵבšōḵēvLie down
עָלֶיהָʿāleyhāAbove
לְךָləḵāTo
אֶתְּנֶנָּהʾetənenāhGive
וּלְזַרְעֶךָûləzarəʿeḵāAnd to seed

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