Genesis 24:7

Old Testament • 22 words with Strong's data

"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."

Word-by-Word Analysis

The

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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אֱלֹהִים

ʼĕlôhîym

H430

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...

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of

שָׁמַיִם

shâmayim

H8064

the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r...

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which

לָקַח

lâqach

H3947

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

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me from my

אָב

ʼâb

H1

father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application

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בַּיִת

bayith

H1004

a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

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and from the

אֶרֶץ

ʼerets

H776

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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of my

מִשְׁפָּחָה

mishpâchâh

H4940

a family, i.e. circle of relatives; figuratively, a class (of persons), a species (of animals) or sort (of things); by extension a tribe or people

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and which

דָבַר

dâbar

H1696

perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

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unto me and that

שָׁבַע

shâbaʻ

H7650

to seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)

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unto me

אָמַר

ʼâmar

H559

to say (used with great latitude)

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Unto thy

זֶרַע

zeraʻ

H2233

seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity

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will I

נָתַן

nâthan

H5414

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

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this

אֶרֶץ

ʼerets

H776

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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he shall

שָׁלַח

shâlach

H7971

to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)

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his

מֲלְאָךְ

mălʼâk

H4397

a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)

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פָּנִים

pânîym

H6440

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...

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thee and thou shalt

לָקַח

lâqach

H3947

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

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a

אִשָּׁה

ʼishshâh

H802

a woman

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unto my

בֵּן

bên

H1121

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...

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from

שָׁם

shâm

H8033

there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence

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Key Terms in This Verse

kindred H4940

מִשְׁפָּחָה mishpâchâh

a family, i.e. circle of relatives; figuratively, a class (of persons), a species (of animals) or sort (of things); by extension a tribe or people

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sware H7650

שָׁבַע shâbaʻ

to seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)

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thence H8033

שָׁם shâm

there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence

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angel H4397

מֲלְאָךְ mălʼâk

a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)

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send H7971

שָׁלַח shâlach

to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)

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seed H2233

זֶרַע zeraʻ

seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity

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wife H802

אִשָּׁה ʼishshâh

a woman

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heaven H8064

שָׁמַיִם shâmayim

the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)

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spake H1696

דָבַר dâbar

perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

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took H3947

לָקַח lâqach

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

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Cross References

Exodus 33:2 cross-reference

And I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:

Psalm 34:7 cross-reference

The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.

Genesis 13:15 cross-reference

For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.

Hebrews 1:14 cross-reference

Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?

Genesis 15:18 cross-reference

In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:

Exodus 32:13 cross-reference

Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken ...

Psalm 103:20 cross-reference

Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.

Psalm 32:8 cross-reference

I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.

Psalm 73:24 cross-reference

Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.

Deuteronomy 1:8 cross-reference

Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them.

Hebrews 11:9 cross-reference

By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:

Acts 7:5 cross-reference

And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.

Exodus 13:5 cross-reference

And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a ...

Numbers 14:16 cross-reference

Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness.

Genesis 26:24 cross-reference

And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham’s sake.

Joshua 1:6 cross-reference

Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them.

Daniel 2:44 cross-reference

And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all...

Genesis 17:8 cross-reference

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.

Numbers 14:30 cross-reference

Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.

Numbers 32:11 cross-reference

Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me:

Revelation 11:13 cross-reference

And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God ...

Deuteronomy 34:4 cross-reference

And the LORD said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed: I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt ...

Isaiah 63:9 cross-reference

In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.

Judges 2:1 cross-reference

And an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break m...

Jonah 1:9 cross-reference

And he said unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land.

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