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Genesis 24:3

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And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:	And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:	But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And I will make thee swear^H7650 by the LORD^H3068, the God^H430 of heaven^H8064, and the God^H430 of the earth^H776, that thou shalt not take^H3947 a wife^H802 unto my son^H1121 of the daughters^H1323 of the Canaanites^H3669, among^H7130 whom I dwell^H3427:

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Original Hebrew

וְאַשְׁבִּיעֲךָ בַּיהוָה אֱלֹהֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם וֵאלֹהֵי הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר לֹא־תִקַּח אִשָּׁה לִבְנִי מִבְּנֹות הַכְּנַעֲנִי אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי יֹושֵׁב בְּקִרְבֹּו׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וְ/אַשְׁבִּ֣יעֲ/ךָ֔	ve./'ash.Bi.'a./kha	H7650	HC/Vhi1cs/Sp2ms	so/ I may make swear/ you
בַּֽ/יהוָה֙	ba./Yah.weh	H3068	HR/Np	by/ Yahweh
אֱלֹהֵ֣י	'e.lo.Hei	H430	HNcmpc	(the) God of
הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם	ha./sha.Ma.yim	H8064	HTd/Ncmpa	the/ heavens
וֵֽ/אלֹהֵ֖י	ve./lo.Hei	H430	HC/Ncmpc	and/ (the) God of
הָ/אָ֑רֶץ	ha./'A.retz	H776	HTd/Ncbsa	the/ earth
אֲשֶׁ֨ר	'a.Sher	H834	HTr	that
לֹֽא	lo'-	H3808	HTn	not
תִקַּ֤ח	ti.Kach	H3947	HVqi2ms	you will take
אִשָּׁה֙	'i.Shah	H802	HNcfsa	a wife
לִ/בְנִ֔/י	li/v.N/i	H1121	HR/Ncmsc/Sp1cs	for/ son/ my
מִ/בְּנוֹת֙	mi./be.noT	H1323	HR/Ncfpc	from/ (the) daughters of
הַֽ/כְּנַעֲנִ֔י	ha./ke.na.'a.Ni	H3669	HTd/Ngmsa	the/ Canaanite(s)
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	H834	HTr	whom
אָנֹכִ֖י	'a.no.Khi	H595	HPp1cs	I
יוֹשֵׁ֥ב	yo.Shev	H3427	HVqrmsa	(am) dwelling
בְּ/קִרְבּֽ/וֹ	be./kir.B/o	H7130	HR/Ncmsc/Sp3ms	in/ midst/ its

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

Strong's References

• H430 — אֱלֹהִים (ʼĕlôhîym, el-o-heem'): plural of אֱלוֹהַּ; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative; angels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.
• 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.
• H802 — אִשָּׁה (ʼishshâh, ish-shaw'): feminine of אִישׁ or אֱנוֹשׁ; irregular plural, נָשִׁים;(used in the same wide sense as אֱנוֹשׁ); a woman; (adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
• H1121 — בֵּן (bên, bane): from בָּנָה; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.); [phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, [idiom] came up in, child, colt, [idiom] common, [idiom] corn, daughter, [idiom] of first, [phrase] firstborn, foal, [phrase] very fruitful, [phrase] postage, [idiom] in, [phrase] kid, [phrase] lamb, ([phrase]) man, meet, [phrase] mighty, [phrase] nephew, old, ([phrase]) people, [phrase] rebel, [phrase] robber, [idiom] servant born, [idiom] soldier, son, [phrase] spark, [phrase] steward, [phrase] stranger, [idiom] surely, them of, [phrase] tumultuous one, [phrase] valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
• H1323 — בַּת (bath, bath): from בָּנָה (as feminine of בֵּן); a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively); apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, [idiom] first, [idiom] old, [phrase] owl, town, village.
• 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.
• H3427 — יָשַׁב (yâshab, yaw-shab'): a primitive root; properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry; (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(-tle), (down-) sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
• H3669 — כְּנַעַנִי (Kᵉnaʻanîy, ken-ah-an-ee'): patrial from כְּנַעַן; a Kenaanite or inhabitant of Kenaan; by implication, a pedlar (the Canaanites standing for their neighbors the Ishmaelites, who conducted mercantile caravans); Canaanite, merchant, trafficker.
• H3947 — לָקַח (lâqach, law-kakh'): a primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications); accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
• H7130 — קֶרֶב (qereb, keh'-reb): from קָרַב; properly, the nearest part, i.e. the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition); [idiom] among, [idiom] before, bowels, [idiom] unto charge, [phrase] eat (up), [idiom] heart, [idiom] him, [idiom] in, inward ([idiom] -ly, part, -s, thought), midst, [phrase] out of, purtenance, [idiom] therein, [idiom] through, [idiom] within self.
• H7650 — שָׁבַע (shâbaʻ, shaw-bah'): a primitive root; properly to be complete, but used only as a denominative from שֶׁבַע; to seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times); adjure, charge (by an oath, with an oath), feed to the full (by mistake for שָׂבַע), take an oath, [idiom] straitly, (cause to, make to) swear.
• H8064 — שָׁמַיִם (shâmayim, shaw-mah'-yim): dual of an unused singular שָׁמֶה; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve); air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).

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

• H595 — אָנֹכִי (ʼânôkîy, aw-no-kee'): sometimes, aw-no'-kee; a primitive pronoun; I; I, me, [idiom] which.
• H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
• H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.

Cross References

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

• swear — Genesis 21:23, Genesis 26:28-31, Genesis 31:44-53, Genesis 50:25, Exodus 20:7, Exodus 22:11, Exodus 23:13, Leviticus 19:12, Numbers 5:21, Deuteronomy 6:13, Deuteronomy 10:20, Joshua 2:12, 1 Samuel 20:17, Nehemiah 13:25, Isaiah 45:23, Isaiah 48:1, Isaiah 65:16, Jeremiah 4:2, Jeremiah 12:16, Zephaniah 1:5, Hebrews 6:16
• that — Genesis 6:2, Genesis 6:4, Genesis 26:34-35, Genesis 27:46, Genesis 28:1-2, Genesis 28:8, Exodus 34:16, Deuteronomy 7:3-4, 1 Corinthians 7:39, 2 Corinthians 6:14-17
• the — Genesis 14:22, 2 Kings 19:15, 2 Chronicles 2:12, Nehemiah 9:6, Psalms 115:15, Jeremiah 10:11

Reciprocal references (17): Genesis 21:21, Genesis 25:33, Genesis 31:53, Genesis 34:9, Genesis 38:2, Genesis 38:6, Genesis 47:31, Numbers 12:1, Numbers 36:6, Joshua 2:17, Judges 14:2, 2 Samuel 14:11, Proverbs 27:18, Ecclesiastes 9:2, Jeremiah 29:6, Malachi 2:15, Galatians 4:1

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: MARRIAGE
• Torrey’s: HANDS, THE, MARRIAGE, OATHS, SERVANTS, WIVES
• Nave’s: GOD, MARRIAGE, MISCEGENATION, OATH, WOMEN

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