Joshua

Joshua 24:4

⁴and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. I gave Esau Mount Seir to possess, but Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
and to Isaac	לְיִצְחָ֔ק	lə·yiṣ·ḥāq	Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3327 Isaac
I gave	וָאֶתֵּ֣ן	wā·’et·tên	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular	H5414 give, put, set
Jacob	יַעֲקֹ֖ב	ya·‘ă·qōḇ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3290 Jacob
and Esau	עֵשָׂ֑ו	‘ê·śāw	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H6215 Esau
I gave	וָאֶתֵּ֨ן	wā·’et·tên	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular	H5414 give, put, set
Esau	לְעֵשָׂ֜ו	lə·‘ê·śāw	Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H6215 Esau
Mount	הַ֤ר	har	Noun - masculine singular construct	H2022 mountain, hill, hill-country
Seir	שֵׂעִיר֙	śê·‘îr	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H8165 Se`îr
to possess	לָרֶ֣שֶׁת	lā·re·šeṯ	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H3423 take possession of, inherit, dispossess
but Jacob	וְיַעֲקֹ֥ב	wə·ya·‘ă·qōḇ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3290 Jacob
and his sons	וּבָנָ֖יו	ū·ḇā·nāw	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H1121 son
went down	יָרְד֥וּ	yā·rə·ḏū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H3381 come or go down, descend
to Egypt	מִצְרָֽיִם׃	miṣ·rā·yim	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H4714 Egypt, Egyptians

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.