Deuteronomy 23:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian, because thou wast a sojourner in his land.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לֹא־תִדְרֹ֥שׁ שְׁלֹמָ֖ם וְטֹבָתָ֑ם כָּל־יָמֶ֖יךָ לְעוֹלָֽם׃ ס

Transliteration

Not tidrōš šəlōmām and-ṭōbātām all-yāmeykā to-ʿôlām

Grammar Details

• *lōʾ*: negative particle - not
• *tidrōš*: qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you shall seek
• *šəlōmām*: masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their peace/welfare
• *wə*: conjunction - and
• *ṭōbātām*: feminine singular noun with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their good/welfare
• *kol*: noun, construct state - all of
• *yāmeykā*: masculine plural noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your days
• *lə*: preposition - to/for
• *ʿôlām*: masculine singular noun - forever/eternity

Word Meanings

• *tidrōš*: seek/inquire/care for/be concerned about
• *šəlōmām*: their peace/welfare/prosperity/well-being
• *ṭōbātām*: their good/welfare/prosperity/well-being
• *ʿôlām*: forever/eternity/perpetuity/antiquity

Referenced Verses

• Exod 22:21 : 21 And a sojourner shalt thou not wrong, neither shalt thou oppress him: for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
• Deut 10:19 : 19 Love ye therefore the sojourner; for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
• Exod 23:9 : 9 And a sojourner shalt thou not oppress: for ye know the heart of a sojourner, seeing ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
• Lev 19:34 : 34 The stranger that sojourneth with you shall be unto you as the home-born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt: I am Jehovah your God.
• Gen 25:24-26 : 24 And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb. 25 And the first came forth red, all over like a hairy garment; and they called his name Esau. 26 And after that came forth his brother, and his hand had hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them.
• Num 20:14 : 14 And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us:
• Gen 25:30 : 30 and Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red [pottage]; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom.
• Gen 45:17-18 : 17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye: lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan; 18 and take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.
• Gen 46:7 : 7 his sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt.
• Gen 47:6 : 6 the land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and thy brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any able men among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.
• Gen 47:12 : 12 And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families.
• Gen 47:27 : 27 And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen; and they gat them possessions therein, and were fruitful, and multiplied exceedingly.
• Ps 105:23 : 23 Israel also came into Egypt; And Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
• Obad 1:10-12 : 10 For the violence done to thy brother Jacob, shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever. 11 In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that strangers carried away his substance, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them. 12 But look not thou on the day of thy brother in the day of his disaster, and rejoice not over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither speak proudly in the day of distress.
• Mal 1:2 : 2 I have loved you, saith Jehovah. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith Jehovah: yet I loved Jacob;
• Acts 7:10-18 : 10 and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house. 11 Now there came a famine over all {G1093} Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance. 12 But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent forth our fathers the first time. 13 And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph's race became manifest unto Pharaoh. 14 And Joseph sent, and called to him Jacob his father, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls. 15 And Jacob went down into Egypt; and he died, himself and our fathers; 16 and they were carried over unto Shechem, and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in silver of the sons of Hamor in Shechem. 17 But as the time of the promise drew nigh which God vouchsafed unto Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt, 18 till {G3757} there arose another king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.