Genesis 17:21

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאֶת־בְּרִיתִ֖י אָקִ֣ים אֶת־יִצְחָ֑ק אֲשֶׁר֩ תֵּלֵ֨ד לְךָ֤ שָׂרָה֙ לַמּוֹעֵ֣ד הַזֶּ֔ה בַּשָּׁנָ֖ה הָאַחֶֽרֶת׃

Transliteration

wə-ʾet-bərîtî ʾāqîm ʾet-Yiṣḥāq ʾăšer tēlēḏ ləḵā Śārāh lam-môʿēḏ haz-zeh baš-šānāh hā-ʾaḥeret

Grammar Details

• *wə-ʾet*: conjunction + direct object marker
• *bərîtî*: noun feminine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my covenant
• *ʾāqîm*: hiphil imperfect 1st person singular - I will establish
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *Yiṣḥāq*: proper noun masculine singular - Isaac
• *ʾăšer*: relative particle - whom
• *tēlēḏ*: qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular - will bear
• *ləḵā*: preposition + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to you
• *Śārāh*: proper noun feminine singular - Sarah
• *lam-môʿēḏ*: preposition + definite article + noun masculine singular - at the appointed time
• *haz-zeh*: definite article + demonstrative pronoun masculine singular - this
• *baš-šānāh*: preposition + definite article + noun feminine singular - in the year
• *hā-ʾaḥeret*: definite article + adjective feminine singular - the next/other

Word Meanings

• *ʾāqîm*: establish/set up/confirm/fulfill
• *môʿēḏ*: appointed time/season/festival
• *hā-ʾaḥeret*: the next/the other/the following

Referenced Verses

• Gen 26:2-5 : 2 And Jehovah appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of: 3 sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father; 4 and I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these lands; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; 5 because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
• Gen 18:10 : 10 And he said, I will certainly return unto thee when the season cometh round; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard in the tent door, which was behind him.
• Gen 21:2-3 : 2 And Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him. 3 And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.
• Gen 21:10-12 : 10 Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this handmaid and her son: for the son of this handmaid shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac. 11 And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight on account of his son. 12 And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy handmaid; in all that Sarah saith unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
• Gen 46:1 : 1 And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.
• Gen 48:15 : 15 And he blessed Joseph, and said, The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God who hath fed me all my life long unto this day,
• Exod 3:6 : 6 Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.
• Job 14:13 : 13 Oh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, That thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, That thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
• Luke 1:55 : 55 (As he spake unto our fathers) Toward Abraham and {G4690} his seed for ever.
• Luke 1:72 : 72 To show mercy towards, our fathers, And to remember his holy covenant;
• Acts 1:7 : 7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know times or seasons, which the Father hath set within His own authority.
• Rom 9:5-6 : 5 whose are the fathers, and of whom is Christ as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen. 6 But [it is] not as though {G3754} the word of God hath come to nought. For they are not all {G1537} Israel, that {G3778} are of Israel:
• Rom 9:9 : 9 For this is a word of promise, According to this season will I come, and Sarah shall have a son.
• Gal 3:29 : 29 And if ye are Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, {G2532} heirs according to promise.
• Heb 11:9 : 9 By faith he became a sojourner in the land of promise, as in a [land] not his own, dwelling in tents, with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
• Exod 2:24 : 24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.