Genesis 28:15

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee whithersoever thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהִנֵּ֨ה אָנֹכִ֜י עִמָּ֗ךְ וּשְׁמַרְתִּ֙יךָ֙ בְּכֹ֣ל אֲשֶׁר־תֵּלֵ֔ךְ וַהֲשִׁ֣בֹתִ֔יךָ אֶל־הָאֲדָמָ֖ה הַזֹּ֑את כִּ֚י לֹ֣א אֽ͏ֶעֱזָבְךָ֔ עַ֚ד אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִם־עָשִׂ֔יתִי אֵ֥ת אֲשֶׁר־דִּבַּ֖רְתִּי לָֽךְ

Transliteration

and-behold I ʿimmāk û-šəmartîkā in-all which-tēlēk wə-hăšibōtîkā to-the-ʾădāmâ the-this for not ʾeʿĕzābəkā until which if-ʿāśîtî ʾēt which-dibbartî to-you

Grammar Details

*ʿimmāk*: preposition + 2nd masculine singular suffix - with you
*û-šəmartîkā*: waw conjunction + qal perfect 1st common singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - and I will keep you
*tēlēk*: qal imperfect 2nd masculine singular - you will go
*wə-hăšibōtîkā*: waw conjunction + hiphil perfect 1st common singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - and I will bring you back
*ʾădāmâ*: noun, feminine singular + definite article - the ground/land
*ʾeʿĕzābəkā*: qal imperfect 1st common singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - I will forsake you
*ʿāśîtî*: qal perfect 1st common singular - I have done
*dibbartî*: piel perfect 1st common singular - I have spoken

Word Meanings

*ʿimmāk*: with you/beside you/in your company
*šəmartîkā*: I will keep you/I will protect you/I will watch over you
*tēlēk*: you will go/you will walk/you will travel
*hăšibōtîkā*: I will bring you back/I will return you/I will restore you
*ʾădāmâ*: ground/land/soil
*ʾeʿĕzābəkā*: I will forsake you/I will abandon you/I will leave you
*ʿāśîtî*: I have done/I have performed/I have accomplished
*dibbartî*: I have spoken/I have promised/I have declared

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Josh 1:5 : 5 There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee; I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
Isa 41:10 : 10 Fear thou not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God; I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
Deut 31:6 : 6 Be strong and of good courage, fear not, nor be affrighted at them: for Jehovah thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
Gen 26:24 : 24 And Jehovah appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake.
Jer 1:19 : 19 And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee, saith Jehovah, to deliver thee.
Ps 121:5-8 : 5 Jehovah is thy keeper: Jehovah is thy shade upon thy right hand. 6 The sun shall not smite thee by day, Nor the moon by night. 7 Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; He will keep thy soul. 8 Jehovah will keep thy going out and thy coming in From this time forth and for evermore.
Gen 31:3 : 3 And Jehovah said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.
Heb 13:5-6 : 5 Be ye free from the love of money; content with such things as ye have: for himself hath said, I will in no wise fail thee, neither will I in any wise forsake thee. 6 So that with good courage we say, The Lord is my helper; {G2532} I will not fear: What shall man do unto me?
John 10:28-29 : 28 and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who hath given [them] unto me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch [them] out of the Father's hand.
1 Kgs 8:57 : 57 Jehovah our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us;
Isa 43:2 : 2 When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned, neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
Matt 24:35 : 35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
Josh 23:14-16 : 14 And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which Jehovah your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, not one thing hath failed thereof. 15 And it shall come to pass, that as all the good things are come upon you of which Jehovah your God spake unto you, so will Jehovah bring upon you all the evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which Jehovah your God hath given you. 16 When ye transgress the covenant of Jehovah your God, which he commanded you, and go and serve other gods, and bow down yourselves to them; then will the anger of Jehovah be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you.
Ps 46:7 : 7 Jehovah of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our refuge. {H5542}
Gen 26:3 : 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;
Gen 28:20-21 : 20 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, 21 so that I come again to my father's house in peace, and Jehovah will be my God,
Matt 18:20 : 20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the middle of them.
Matt 28:20 : 20 teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.
Rom 8:31-32 : 31 What then shall we say to these things? If God [is] for us, who [is] against us? 32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not also with him freely give us all things?
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.
Jude 1:1 : 1 Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are called, beloved in God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ:
Gen 48:21 : 21 And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God will be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.
Exod 3:12 : 12 And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be the token unto thee, that I have sent thee: when thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.
Num 23:19 : 19 God is not a man, that he should lie, Neither the son of man, that he should repent: Hath he said, and will he not do it? Or hath he spoken, and will he not make it good?
Gen 32:9 : 9 And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, O Jehovah, who saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will do thee good:
Gen 35:6-7 : 6 So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan (the same is Beth-el), he and all the people that were with him. 7 And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el; because there God was revealed unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
Gen 39:2 : 2 And Jehovah was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
Gen 39:21 : 21 But Jehovah was with Joseph, and showed kindness unto him, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
Gen 46:4 : 4 I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.
Judg 6:16 : 16 And Jehovah said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man.
Ps 46:11 : 11 Jehovah of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our refuge. {H5542}
Isa 7:14 : 14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Isa 8:10 : 10 Take counsel together, and it shall be brought to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
Gen 48:16 : 16 the angel who hath redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.

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