Genesis 21:23

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְעַתָּ֗ה הִשָּׁ֨בְעָה לִּ֤י בֵֽאלֹהִים֙ הֵ֔נָּה אִם־תִּשְׁקֹ֣ר לִ֔י וּלְנִינִ֖י וּלְנֶכְדִּ֑י כַּחֶ֜סֶד אֲשֶׁר־עָשִׂ֤יתִי עִמְּךָ֙ תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה עִמָּדִ֔י וְעִם־הָאָ֖רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־גַּ֥רְתָּה בָּֽהּ׃

Transliteration

And-now hiššābəʿâ to-me in-ʾĕlōhîm here if-tišqōr to-me and-to-nînî and-to-nekdî as-the-ḥesed ʾăšer-ʿāśîtî with-you taʿăśeh with-me and-with-the-ʾāreṣ ʾăšer-gartâ in-it.

Grammar Details

*wə-*: conjunction - and
*ʿattâ*: adverb - now
*hiššābəʿâ*: niphal imperative, masculine singular - swear
*lî*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - to me
*bē-*: preposition - in/by
*ʾĕlōhîm*: masculine plural noun (used as singular) - God
*hēnnâ*: adverb - here
*ʾim*: conditional particle - if
*tišqōr*: qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you will deal falsely
*lə-*: preposition - to
*nînî*: masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my offspring
*nekdî*: masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my grandson
*ka-*: preposition - as/according to
*ha-*: definite article - the
*ḥesed*: masculine singular noun - kindness/loyalty
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which/that
*ʿāśîtî*: qal perfect, 1st person singular - I have done
*ʿimməkā*: preposition with 2nd masculine singular suffix - with you
*taʿăśeh*: qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you will do
*ʿimmādî*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - with me
*ʿim*: preposition - with
*hā-*: definite article - the
*ʾāreṣ*: feminine singular noun - land
*gartâ*: qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - you have sojourned
*bāh*: preposition with 3rd feminine singular suffix - in it

Word Meanings

*hiššābəʿâ*: swear/take an oath
*ʾĕlōhîm*: God/gods/divine beings (here used as singular)
*hēnnâ*: here/in this place
*tišqōr*: deal falsely/lie/deceive/break faith
*nînî*: my offspring/my descendants
*nekdî*: my grandson/my posterity
*ḥesed*: kindness/loyalty/faithfulness/covenant loyalty
*ʿāśîtî*: I have done/I have shown
*taʿăśeh*: you will do/you will show
*gartâ*: you have sojourned/you have lived as an alien

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Referenced Verses

Josh 2:12 : 12 Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by Jehovah, since I have dealt kindly with you, that ye also will deal kindly with my father's house, and give me a true token;
Gen 20:14 : 14 And Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and men-servants and women-servants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.
Gen 24:3 : 3 and I will make thee swear by Jehovah, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that thou wilt not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
Gen 26:28 : 28 And they said, We saw plainly that Jehovah was with thee: and we said, Let there now be an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee,
Gen 31:44 : 44 And now come, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.
Gen 31:53 : 53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the Fear of his father Isaac.
Deut 6:13 : 13 Thou shalt fear Jehovah thy God; and him shalt thou serve, and shalt swear by his name.
Gen 14:22-23 : 22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lifted up my hand unto Jehovah, God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth, 23 that I will not take a thread nor a shoe-latchet nor aught that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:
1 Sam 20:13 : 13 Jehovah do so to Jonathan, and more also, should it please my father to do thee evil, if I disclose it not unto thee, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace: and Jehovah be with thee, as he hath been with my father.
1 Sam 20:17 : 17 And Jonathan caused David to swear again, for the love that he had to him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
1 Sam 20:42 : 42 And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of Jehovah, saying, Jehovah shall be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed, for ever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city.
1 Sam 24:21-22 : 21 Swear now therefore unto me by Jehovah, that thou wilt not cut off my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my father's house. 22 And David sware unto Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men gat them up unto the stronghold.
1 Sam 30:15 : 15 And David said to him, Wilt thou bring me down to this troop? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me up into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this troop.
Jer 4:2 : 2 and thou shalt swear, As Jehovah liveth, in truth, in justice, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.
2 Cor 1:23 : 23 But I call God for a witness upon my soul, that to spare you I forbare to come unto Corinth.
Heb 6:16 : 16 For men {G3303} swear by the greater: and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.

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