Genesis
Genesis 28:2–3
2“Go at once to Paddan-aram,a to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel, and take a wife from among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother. 3May God Almightyb bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples.
Footnotes
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
Genesis 28:2
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Go | לֵךְ֙ | lêḵ | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | H1980 go, come, walk |
| at once | ק֥וּם | qūm | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | H6965 arise, stand up, stand |
| to Paddan-aram | אֲרָ֔ם | ’ă·rām | Noun - proper - feminine singular; third person feminine singular | H758 Aram |
| to the house | בֵּ֥יתָה | bê·ṯāh | Noun - masculine singular; third person feminine singular | H1004 house |
| of your mother’s | אִמֶּ֑ךָ | ’im·me·ḵā | Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H517 mother |
| father | אֲבִ֣י | ’ă·ḇî | Noun - masculine singular construct | H1 father |
| Bethuel | בְתוּאֵ֖ל | ḇə·ṯū·’êl | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H1328 Bethuel |
| and take | וְקַח־ | wə·qaḥ- | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | H3947 take |
| a wife | אִשָּׁ֔ה | ’iš·šāh | Noun - feminine singular | H802 woman, wife, female |
| from among the daughters | מִבְּנ֥וֹת | mib·bə·nō·wṯ | Preposition-m; Noun - feminine plural construct | H1323 daughter |
| of Laban | לָבָ֖ן | lā·ḇān | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3837 Laban |
| your mother’s | אִמֶּֽךָ׃ | ’im·me·ḵā | Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H517 mother |
| brother | אֲחִ֥י | ’ă·ḥî | Noun - masculine singular construct | H251 brother |
Genesis 28:3
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May God | וְאֵ֤ל | wə·’êl | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular | H410 god |
| Almighty | שַׁדַּי֙ | šad·day | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H7706 Almighty |
| bless | יְבָרֵ֣ךְ | yə·ḇā·rêḵ | Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H1288 kneel, bless |
| you | אֹֽתְךָ֔ | ’ō·ṯə·ḵā | Direct object marker; second person masculine singular | H853 mark of the accusative |
| and make you fruitful | וְיַפְרְךָ֖ | wə·yap̄·rə·ḵā | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular; second person masculine singular | H6509 bear fruit, be fruitful |
| and multiply you | וְיַרְבֶּ֑ךָ | wə·yar·be·ḵā | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular; second person masculine singular | H7235 be, or become, much, many, great |
| so that you may become | וְהָיִ֖יתָ | wə·hā·yî·ṯā | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular | H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be |
| a company | לִקְהַ֥ל | liq·hal | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct | H6951 assembly, convocation, congregation |
| of peoples | עַמִּֽים׃ | ‘am·mîm | Noun - masculine plural | H5971 people |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Genesis 28:2 Genesis 25:20 · Hosea 12:12 · Genesis 24:15–24 · Genesis 28:5 · Genesis 46:15 · Genesis 24:50 · Genesis 35:9 · Genesis 32:10 · Genesis 24:29 · Genesis 22:20–23
Genesis 28:3 Genesis 48:3 · Genesis 35:11 · Genesis 22:17–18 · Genesis 17:1–6 · Genesis 1:28 · Genesis 9:1 · Genesis 13:16 · Genesis 43:14 · Genesis 41:52 · Genesis 24:60 · 2 Corinthians 6:18 · Revelation 21:22
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.