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Genesis 15:18

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And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.	In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:	The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

In the same^H1931 day^H3117 the LORD^H3068 made^H3772 a covenant^H1285 with Abram^H87, saying^H559, Unto thy seed^H2233 have I given^H5414 this land^H776, from the river^H5104 of Egypt^H4714 unto the great^H1419 river^H5104, the river^H5104 Euphrates^H6578:

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Original Hebrew

בַּיֹּום הַהוּא כָּרַת יְהוָה אֶת־אַבְרָם בְּרִית לֵאמֹר לְזַרְעֲךָ נָתַתִּי אֶת־הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת מִנְּהַר מִצְרַיִם עַד־הַנָּהָר הַגָּדֹל נְהַר־פְּרָת׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
בַּ/יּ֣וֹם	ba/i.Yom	H3117	HRd/Ncmsa	on the/ day
הַ/ה֗וּא	ha./Hu'	H1931	HTd/Pp3ms	(the)/ that
כָּרַ֧ת	ka.Rat	H3772	HVqp3ms	he made
יְהוָ֛ה	Yah.weh	H3068	HNp	Yahweh
אֶת	'et-	H854	HR	with
אַבְרָ֖ם	'av.Ram	H87	HNp	Abram
בְּרִ֣ית	be.Rit	H1285	HNcfsa	a covenant
לֵ/אמֹ֑ר	le./Mor	H559	HR/Vqc	(to)/ saying
לְ/זַרְעֲ/ךָ֗	le./zar.'a./Kha	H2233	HR/Ncmsc/Sp2ms	to/ offspring/ your
נָתַ֨תִּי֙	na.Ta.ti	H5414	HVqp1cs	I give
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
הָ/אָ֣רֶץ	ha./'A.retz	H776	HTd/Ncbsa	the/ land
הַ/זֹּ֔את	ha./Zot	H2063	HTd/Pdxfs	(the)/ this
מִ/נְּהַ֣ר	mi./ne.Har	H5104	HR/Ncmsc	from/ (the) river of
מִצְרַ֔יִם	mitz.Ra.yim	H4714	HNp	Egypt
עַד	'ad-	H5704	HR	to
הַ/נָּהָ֥ר	ha./na.Har	H5104	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ river
הַ/גָּדֹ֖ל	ha./ga.Dol	H1419	HTd/Aamsa	(the)/ great
נְהַר	ne.har-	H5104	HNcmsc	(the) river of
פְּרָֽת	pe.Rat	H6578	HNp	Euphrates

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H87 — אַבְרָם (ʼAbrâm, ab-rawm'): contracted from אֲבִירָם; high father; Abram, the original name of Abraham; Abram.
• H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
• H776 — אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, eh'-rets): from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
• H1285 — בְּרִית (bᵉrîyth, ber-eeth'): from בָּרָה (in the sense of cutting (like בָּרָא)); a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh); confederacy, (con-) feder(-ate), covenant, league.
• H1419 — גָּדוֹל (gâdôwl, gaw-dole'): or גָּדֹל; (shortened) from גָּדַל; great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent; [phrase] aloud, elder(-est), [phrase] exceeding(-ly), [phrase] far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, [idiom] sore, ([idiom]) very.
• H1931 — הוּא (hûwʼ, hoo): of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is הִיא; a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular; he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are; he, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.
• H2233 — זֶרַע (zeraʻ, zeh'-rah): from זָרַע; seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity; [idiom] carnally, child, fruitful, seed(-time), sowing-time.
• H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.
• H3117 — יוֹם (yôwm, yome): from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb); age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, [phrase] old, [phrase] outlived, [phrase] perpetually, presently, [phrase] remaineth, [idiom] required, season, [idiom] since, space, then, (process of) time, [phrase] as at other times, [phrase] in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), [idiom] whole ([phrase] age), (full) year(-ly), [phrase] younger.
• H3772 — כָּרַת (kârath, kaw-rath'): a primitive root; to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces); be chewed, be con-(feder-) ate, covenant, cut (down, off), destroy, fail, feller, be freed, hew (down), make a league (covenant), [idiom] lose, perish, [idiom] utterly, [idiom] want.
• H4714 — מִצְרַיִם (Mitsrayim, mits-rah'-yim): dual of מָצוֹר; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt; Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.
• H5104 — נָהָר (nâhâr, naw-hawr'): from נָהַר; a stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity; flood, river.
• H5414 — נָתַן (nâthan, naw-than'): a primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.); add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] without fail, fasten, frame, [idiom] get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), [idiom] have, [idiom] indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), [phrase] lie, lift up, make, [phrase] O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, [idiom] pull, put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), [phrase] sing, [phrase] slander, strike, (sub-) mit, suffer, [idiom] surely, [idiom] take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, [phrase] weep, [phrase] willingly, [phrase] withdraw, [phrase] would (to) God, yield.
• H6578 — פְּרָת (Pᵉrâth, per-awth'): from an unused root meaning to break forth; rushing; Perath (i.e. Euphrates), a river of the East; Euphrates.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H854 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): probably from אָנָה; properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.; against, among, before, by, for, from, in(-to), (out) of, with. Often with another prepositional prefix.
• H2063 — זֹאת (zôʼth, zothe'): irregular feminine of זֶה; this (often used adverb); hereby (-in, -with), it, likewise, the one (other, same), she, so (much), such (deed), that, therefore, these, this (thing), thus.
• H5704 — עַד (ʻad, ad): properly, the same as עַד (used as a preposition, adverb or conjunction; especially with a preposition); as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with); against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-) to, [phrase] how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, ([phrase] as) yet.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• Euphrates — Genesis 2:14, 2 Samuel 8:3, 1 Chronicles 5:9
• from — Numbers 34:5, Joshua 15:4, Isaiah 27:12
• made — Genesis 9:8-17, Genesis 17:1-27, Genesis 24:7, 2 Samuel 23:5, Isaiah 55:3, Jeremiah 31:31-34, Jeremiah 32:40, Jeremiah 33:20-26, Galatians 3:15-17, Hebrews 13:20
• Unto thy — Genesis 12:7, Genesis 13:15, Genesis 17:8, Genesis 26:4, Genesis 28:4, Genesis 28:13-14, Genesis 35:12, Genesis 50:24, Exodus 3:8, Exodus 6:4, Exodus 23:23, Exodus 23:27-31, Exodus 34:11, Numbers 34:3, Deuteronomy 1:7-8, Deuteronomy 7:1, Deuteronomy 11:24, Deuteronomy 34:4, Joshua 1:3-4, Joshua 12:1-20, Joshua 19:1-38, 1 Kings 4:21, 2 Chronicles 9:26, Nehemiah 9:8, Psalms 105:11

Reciprocal references (48): Genesis 10:15, Genesis 10:19, Genesis 12:6, Genesis 13:7, Genesis 17:2, Genesis 17:7, Genesis 26:3, Genesis 31:21, Genesis 31:44, Exodus 3:17, Exodus 6:8, Exodus 13:5, Exodus 23:20, Exodus 23:31, Exodus 32:13, Exodus 33:1, Leviticus 26:45, Numbers 10:29, Deuteronomy 6:10, Deuteronomy 12:20, Deuteronomy 19:8, Deuteronomy 32:8, Joshua 2:9, Joshua 5:1, Joshua 9:1, Joshua 11:16, Joshua 12:8, Joshua 13:6, 1 Samuel 20:16, 1 Kings 8:65, 2 Kings 24:7, 1 Chronicles 16:16, 1 Chronicles 18:3, 2 Chronicles 7:8, Ezra 4:20, Nehemiah 9:23, Psalms 80:11, Jeremiah 32:22, Jeremiah 34:18, Ezekiel 20:28, Ezekiel 48:28, Habakkuk 3:9, Malachi 3:6, Acts 7:5, Romans 9:4, Galatians 3:17, Galatians 3:20, Ephesians 2:12

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: CANAAN, LAND OF, EUPHRATES, POSTERITY PROMISED
• Torrey’s: COVENANT, THE, EUPHRATES, THE, HOLY LAND, JEWS, THE, RIVERS
• Nave’s: ABRAHAM, CANAAN, CANAANITES, CONDESCENSION OF GOD, EGYPT, EUPHRATES

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