Genesis 26:29

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

that thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of Jehovah.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אִם־תַּעֲשֵׂ֨ה עִמָּ֜נוּ רָעָ֗ה כַּאֲשֶׁר֙ לֹ֣א נְגַֽעֲנ֔וּךָ וְכַאֲשֶׁ֨ר עָשִׂ֤ינוּ עִמְּךָ֙ רַק־ט֔וֹב וַנְּשַׁלֵּֽחֲךָ֖ בְּשָׁל֑וֹם אַתָּ֥ה עַתָּ֖ה בְּר֥וּךְ יְהוָֽה׃

Transliteration

if-taʿăśeh with-us rāʿâ as which not nəgaʿănûkā and-as which ʿāśînû with-you only-ṭôb and-wanəšallēḥăkā in-šālôm you now bərûk yhwh

Grammar Details

*taʿăśeh*: 2nd masculine singular Qal imperfect of עשה - you will do
*rāʿâ*: feminine singular noun - evil/harm
*nəgaʿănûkā*: 1st plural Qal perfect of נגע + 2nd masculine singular suffix - we touched you
*ʿāśînû*: 1st plural Qal perfect of עשה - we did
*ṭôb*: masculine singular adjective - good
*wanəšallēḥăkā*: 1st plural Piel imperfect waw-consecutive of שלח + 2nd masculine singular suffix - and we sent you away
*šālôm*: masculine singular noun - peace
*bərûk*: masculine singular Qal passive participle of ברך - blessed
*yhwh*: divine name - YHWH

Word Meanings

*taʿăśeh*: you will do/you would do
*rāʿâ*: evil/harm/injury/wrong
*nəgaʿănûkā*: we touched you/we harmed you/we injured you
*wanəšallēḥăkā* in-*šālôm*: and we sent you away in peace/and we parted from you amicably
*bərûk* *yhwh*: blessed of YHWH/one blessed by YHWH

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Gen 24:31 : 31 And he said, Come in, thou blessed of Jehovah; wherefore standest thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels.
Ps 115:15 : 15 Blessed are ye of Jehovah, Who made heaven and earth.
Gen 26:11-12 : 11 And Abimelech charged all the people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death. 12 And Isaac sowed in that land, and found in the same year a hundredfold: and Jehovah blessed him.
Gen 26:14-15 : 14 and he had possessions of flocks, and possessions of herds, and a great household: and the Philistines envied him. 15 Now all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped, and filled with earth.
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:
Gen 21:22 : 22 And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phicol the captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest:
Gen 22:17 : 17 that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;

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