Genesis 24:1

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Abraham was old, [and] well stricken in age: and Jehovah had blessed Abraham in all things.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאַבְרָהָ֣ם זָקֵ֔ן בָּ֖א בַּיָּמִ֑ים וֽ͏ַיהוָ֛ה בֵּרַ֥ךְ אֶת־אַבְרָהָ֖ם בַּכֹּֽל׃

Transliteration

wə-ʾaḇrāhām zāqēn bāʾ bayyāmîm wayhwh bēraḵ ʾeṯ-ʾaḇrāhām bakkōl

Grammar Details

*wə-*: conjunction - and
*ʾaḇrāhām*: proper noun, masculine singular - Abraham
*zāqēn*: adjective, masculine singular - old/aged
*bāʾ*: Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - came/gone into
*bayyāmîm*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine plural - in the days
*wayhwh*: conjunction + proper noun - and YHWH
*bēraḵ*: Piel perfect, 3rd masculine singular - blessed
*ʾeṯ-*: direct object marker
*bakkōl*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - in everything

Word Meanings

*zāqēn*: old/elderly/aged
*bāʾ* *bayyāmîm*: advanced in days/well stricken in age/full of years
*bakkōl*: in everything/in all things/with all

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Gen 13:2 : 2 And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
Gen 18:11 : 11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old, [and] well stricken in age; it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
Gen 21:5 : 5 And Abraham was a hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.
Gen 24:35 : 35 And Jehovah hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks and herds, and silver and gold, and men-servants and maid-servants, and camels and asses.
Gen 25:20 : 20 and Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Syrian, to be his wife.
Gal 3:9 : 9 So then they that are of faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham.
Eph 1:3 : 3 Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly [places] in Christ:
Gen 12:2 : 2 and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make they name great; and be thou a blessing:
1 Tim 4:8 : 8 for bodily exercise is profitable for a little; but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come.
Gen 49:25 : 25 Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee, And by the Almighty, who shall bless thee, With blessings of heaven above, Blessings of the deep that coucheth beneath, Blessings of the breasts, and of the womb.
1 Kgs 1:1 : 1 Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat.
Ps 112:1-3 : 1 Praise ye Jehovah. Blessed is the man that feareth Jehovah, That delighteth greatly in his commandments. 2 His seed shall be mighty upon earth: The generation of the upright shall be blessed. 3 Wealth and riches are in his house; And his righteousness endureth for ever.
Prov 10:22 : 22 The blessing of Jehovah, it maketh rich; And he addeth no sorrow therewith.
Isa 51:2 : 2 Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you; for when he was but one I called him, and I blessed him, and made him many.
Matt 6:33 : 33 But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Luke 1:7 : 7 And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were [now] well stricken in years.

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