Joshua 24:4
Old Testament • 13 words with Strong's data
"And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt."
Word-by-Word Analysis
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
יִצְחָק
Yitschâq
Jitschak (or Isaac), son of Abraham
יַעֲקֹב
Yaʻăqôb
Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
עֵשָׂו
ʻÊsâv
Esav, a son of Isaac, including his posterity
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
עֵשָׂו
ʻÊsâv
Esav, a son of Isaac, including his posterity
הַר
har
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
שֵׂעִיר
Sêʻîyr
Seir, a mountain of Idumaea and its aboriginal occupants, also one in Palestine
יָרַשׁ
yârash
to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish...
יַעֲקֹב
Yaʻăqôb
Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
מִצְרַיִם
Mitsrayim
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
Key Terms in This Verse
שֵׂעִיר Sêʻîyr
Seir, a mountain of Idumaea and its aboriginal occupants, also one in Palestine
Study H8165 →יָרַשׁ yârash
to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin
Study H3423 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →Cross References
Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.
Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession.
So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,
And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
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