Genesis
Genesis 31:3
3Then the LORD said to Jacob, “Go back to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you.”
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Then the LORD | יְהוָה֙ | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| said | וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | way·yō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| to | אֶֽל־ | ’el- | Preposition | H413 motion to |
| Jacob | יַעֲקֹ֔ב | ya·‘ă·qōḇ | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3290 Jacob |
| Go back | שׁ֛וּב | šūḇ | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | H7725 turn back, return |
| to | אֶל־ | ’el- | Preposition | H413 motion to |
| the land | אֶ֥רֶץ | ’e·reṣ | Noun - feminine singular construct | H776 earth, land |
| of your fathers | אֲבוֹתֶ֖יךָ | ’ă·ḇō·w·ṯe·ḵā | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular | H1 father |
| and to your kindred | וּלְמוֹלַדְתֶּ֑ךָ | ū·lə·mō·w·laḏ·te·ḵā | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H4138 nativity, lineage, native country |
| and I will be | וְאֶֽהְיֶ֖ה | wə·’eh·yeh | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common singular | H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be |
| with you | עִמָּֽךְ׃ | ‘im·māḵ | Preposition; second person feminine singular | H5973 with |
Cross-references
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Genesis 28:15 · Hebrews 13:5 · Genesis 32:9 · Isaiah 41:10 · Genesis 31:13 · Psalm 50:15 · Genesis 21:22 · Genesis 28:4 · Genesis 28:13 · Genesis 28:20–22 · Genesis 31:18 · Psalm 46:1
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.