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Genesis 24:7

The LORD, the God of heaven, who brought me from my father’s house and my native land, who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying, ‘To your offspring I will give this land’—He will send His angel before you so that you can take a wife for my son from there.

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ASV

Jehovah, the God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my nativity, and who spake unto me, and who sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he will send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife for my son from thence.

KJV

The Lord God of heaven, which took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
יְהוָ֣ה׀Yah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.Hei[the] God ofH430 →
הַשָּׁמַ֗יִםha.sha.Ma.yimthe heavensH8064 →
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherwhoH834 →
לְקָחַ֜נִיle.ka.Cha.nihe took meH3947 →
מִבֵּ֣יתmi.Beitfrom [the] household ofH1004 →
אָבִי֮'a.Vifather myH1 →
וּמֵאֶ֣רֶץu.me.'E.retzand from [the] land ofH776 →
מֽוֹלַדְתִּי֒mo.lad.Tikindred myH4138 →
וַאֲשֶׁ֨רva.'a.Sherand whoH834 →
דִּבֶּר־di.ber-he spokeH1696 →
לִ֜יlito <the> me
וַאֲשֶׁ֤רva.'a.Sherand whoH834 →
נִֽשְׁבַּֽע־nish.ba'-he swore an oathH7650 →
לִי֙lito <the> me
לֵאמֹ֔רle.Mor<to> sayingH559 →
לְזַ֨רְעֲךָ֔le.Zar.'a.khato offspring yourH2233 →
אֶתֵּ֖ן'e.TenI will giveH5414 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הָאָ֣רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776 →
הַזֹּ֑אתha.Zot<the> thisH2063 →
ה֗וּאHu'heH1931 →
יִשְׁלַ֤חyish.Lachhe will sendH7971 →
מַלְאָכוֹ֙mal.'a.Khoangel hisH4397 →
לְפָנֶ֔יךָle.fa.Nei.kha<to> before youH6440 →
וְלָקַחְתָּ֥ve.la.kach.Taand you will takeH3947 →
אִשָּׁ֛ה'i.Shaha wifeH802 →
לִבְנִ֖יliv.Nifor son myH1121 →
מִשָּֽׁם׃mi.Shamfrom thereH8033 →

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Psalms 34:7The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him, and he delivers them.Exodus 33:2And I will send an angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.Exodus 23:20–23Behold, I am sending an angel before you to protect you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.Genesis 13:15for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever.Hebrews 1:14Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?Proverbs 19:14Houses and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.Psalms 32:8I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will give you counsel and watch over you.Psalms 73:24You guide me with Your counsel, and later receive me in glory.Exodus 32:13Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, to whom You swore by Your very self when You declared, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give your descendants all this land that I have promised, and it shall be their inheritance forever.’”Psalms 103:20Bless the LORD, all His angels mighty in strength who carry out His word, who hearken to the voice of His command.Genesis 15:18On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—Genesis 24:40And he told me, ‘The LORD, before whom I have walked, will send His angel with you and make your journey a success, so that you may take a wife for my son from my kindred and from my father’s house.Deuteronomy 34:4And the LORD said to him, “This is the land that I swore to give Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob when I said, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’ I have let you see it with your own eyes, but you will not cross into it.”Numbers 14:16‘Because the LORD was unable to bring this people into the land He swore to give them, He has slaughtered them in the wilderness.’Exodus 13:5And when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites—the land He swore to your fathers that He would give you, a land flowing with milk and honey—you shall keep this service in this month.Genesis 26:3–4Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.Numbers 14:30Surely none of you will enter the land in which I swore to settle you, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.Hebrews 11:9By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.

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