Genesis 17:7
I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
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ASV
And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee and to thy seed after thee.
KJV
And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
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16 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַהֲקִמֹתִ֨י | va.ha.ki.mo.Ti | and I will establish | H6965 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| בְּרִיתִ֜י | be.ri.Ti | covenant my | H1285 → |
| בֵּינִ֣י | bei.Ni | between me | H996 → |
| וּבֵינֶ֗ךָ | u.vei.Ne.kha | and between you | H996 → |
| וּבֵ֨ין | u.Vein | and between | H996 → |
| זַרְעֲךָ֧ | zar.'a.Kha | offspring your | H2233 → |
| אַחֲרֶ֛יךָ | 'a.cha.Rei.kha | after you | H310 → |
| לְדֹרֹתָ֖ם | le.do.ro.Tam | for generations their | H1755 → |
| לִבְרִ֣ית | liv.Rit | to a covenant of | H1285 → |
| עוֹלָ֑ם | o.Lam | perpetuity | H5769 → |
| לִהְי֤וֹת | lih.Yot | to become | H1961 → |
| לְךָ֙ | le.Kha | for <the> you | |
| לֵֽאלֹהִ֔ים | le.lo.Him | <into> God | H430 → |
| וּֽלְזַרְעֲךָ֖ | u.le.zar.'a.Kha | and for offspring your | H2233 → |
| אַחֲרֶֽיךָ׃ | 'a.cha.Rei.kha | after you | H310 → |
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