Genesis

Genesis 28:13–14

¹³And there at the top^c the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie. ¹⁴Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.

Footnotes

c 28:13 Or there beside him

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Genesis 28:13

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
And there	וְהִנֵּ֨ה	wə·hin·nêh	Conjunctive waw; Interjection	H2009 lo! behold!
at the top	עָלָיו֮	‘ā·lāw	Preposition; third person masculine singular	H5921 height
the LORD	יְהוָ֜ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
was standing	נִצָּ֣ב	niṣ·ṣāḇ	Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular	H5324 take one's stand, stand
and saying	וַיֹּאמַר֒	way·yō·mar	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
I	אֲנִ֣י	’ă·nî	Pronoun - first person common singular	H589 I
am the LORD	יְהוָ֗ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
the God	אֱלֹהֵי֙	’ĕ·lō·hê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H430 God
of your father	אָבִ֔יךָ	’ā·ḇî·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H1 father
Abraham	אַבְרָהָ֣ם	’aḇ·rā·hām	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H85 Abraham
and the God	וֵאלֹהֵ֖י	wê·lō·hê	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct	H430 God
of Isaac	יִצְחָ֑ק	yiṣ·ḥāq	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3327 Isaac
I will give you	אֶתְּנֶ֖נָּה	’et·tə·nen·nāh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular; third person feminine singular	H5414 give, put, set
and your descendants	וּלְזַרְעֶֽךָ׃	ū·lə·zar·‘e·ḵā	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H2233 sowing, seed, offspring
the land	הָאָ֗רֶץ	hā·’ā·reṣ	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
on which	אֲשֶׁ֤ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
you	אַתָּה֙	’at·tāh	Pronoun - second person masculine singular	H859 thou
now lie	שֹׁכֵ֣ב	šō·ḵêḇ	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H7901 lie down

Genesis 28:14

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Your descendants	זַרְעֲךָ֙	zar·‘ă·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H2233 sowing, seed, offspring
will be	וְהָיָ֤ה	wə·hā·yāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
like the dust	כַּעֲפַ֣ר	ka·‘ă·p̄ar	Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular construct	H6083 dry earth, dust
of the earth	הָאָ֔רֶץ	hā·’ā·reṣ	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
and you will spread out	וּפָרַצְתָּ֛	ū·p̄ā·raṣ·tā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular	H6555 break through
to the west	יָ֥מָּה	yām·māh	Noun - masculine singular; third person feminine singular	H3220 sea
and east	וָקֵ֖דְמָה	wā·qê·ḏə·māh	Conjunctive waw; Adverb; third person feminine singular	H6924 front, east, aforetime
and north	וְצָפֹ֣נָה	wə·ṣā·p̄ō·nāh	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular; third person feminine singular	H6828 north
and south	וָנֶ֑גְבָּה	wā·neḡ·bāh	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular; third person feminine singular	H5045 south-country, Negeb, south
All	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
the families	מִשְׁפְּחֹ֥ת	miš·pə·ḥōṯ	Noun - feminine plural construct	H4940 clan
of the earth	הָאֲדָמָ֖ה	hā·’ă·ḏā·māh	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H127 ground, land
will be blessed	וְנִבְרֲכ֥וּ	wə·niḇ·ră·ḵū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural	H1288 kneel, bless
through you	בְךָ֛	ḇə·ḵā	Preposition; second person masculine singular
and your offspring	וּבְזַרְעֶֽךָ׃	ū·ḇə·zar·‘e·ḵā	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H2233 sowing, seed, offspring

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Genesis 28:13 Genesis 13:15 · Genesis 35:12 · Genesis 48:3 · Genesis 26:24 · Genesis 35:1 · Genesis 12:7 · Exodus 3:6 · Genesis 46:3 · Matthew 22:32 · Hebrews 11:16 · Genesis 26:3 · Genesis 35:17

Genesis 28:14 Genesis 12:3 · Genesis 22:18 · Genesis 18:18 · Acts 3:25 · Genesis 13:16 · Genesis 26:4 · Galatians 3:8 · Genesis 13:14 · Galatians 3:16 · Deuteronomy 12:20 · Genesis 35:11–12 · Genesis 32:12

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.