Genesis 36:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the souls of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his possessions, which he had gathered in the land of Canaan; and went into a land away from his brother Jacob.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּקַּ֣ח עֵשָׂ֡ו אֶת־נָ֠שָׁיו וְאֶת־בָּנָ֣יו וְאֶת־בְּנֹתָיו֮ וְאֶת־כָּל־נַפְשׁ֣וֹת בֵּיתוֹ֒ וְאֶת־מִקְנֵ֣הוּ וְאֶת־כָּל־בְּהֶמְתּ֗וֹ וְאֵת֙ כָּל־קִנְיָנ֔וֹ אֲשֶׁ֥ר רָכַ֖שׁ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ כְּנָ֑עַן וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ אֶל־אֶ֔רֶץ מִפְּנֵ֖י יַעֲקֹ֥ב אָחִֽיו׃

Transliteration

And-yiqqaḥ ʿĒśāw ʾet-nāšāyw and-ʾet-bānāyw and-ʾet-bənōtāyw and-ʾet-all-nap̄šôt bêtô and-ʾet-miqnēhû and-ʾet-all-bəhemtô and-ʾēt all-qinyānô ʾăšer rākaš in-ʾereṣ Kənaʿan and-yēlek to-ʾereṣ from-pənê Yaʿăqōb ʾāḥîw

Grammar Details

• *wa-*: consecutive conjunction - and
• *yiqqaḥ*: verb, qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - he took
• *nāšāyw*: noun, feminine plural with 3rd masculine singular possessive suffix - his wives
• *bānāyw*: noun, masculine plural with 3rd masculine singular possessive suffix - his sons
• *bənōtāyw*: noun, feminine plural with 3rd masculine singular possessive suffix - his daughters
• *nap̄šôt*: noun, feminine plural construct - persons/souls of
• *bêtô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular possessive suffix - his house/household
• *miqnēhû*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular possessive suffix - his livestock
• *bəhemtô*: noun, feminine singular with 3rd masculine singular possessive suffix - his cattle/animals
• *qinyānô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular possessive suffix - his possessions
• *rākaš*: verb, qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he acquired
• *yēlek*: verb, qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - he went
• *mi-pənê*: preposition compound - from before/away from
• *ʾāḥîw*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular possessive suffix - his brother

Word Meanings

• *yiqqaḥ*: took/gathered/collected
• *nap̄šôt*: souls/persons/people
• *miqnēhû*: his livestock/cattle/possessions
• *rākaš*: acquired/gathered/accumulated
• *yēlek*: went/departed/moved

Referenced Verses

• Gen 12:5 : 5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.
• Gen 13:6 : 6 And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.
• Gen 13:11 : 11 So Lot chose him all the Plain of the Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.
• Gen 17:8 : 8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
• Gen 25:23 : 23 And Jehovah said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, And two peoples shall be separated from thy bowels: And the one people shall be stronger than the other people; And the elder shall serve the younger.
• Gen 28:4 : 4 and give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land of thy sojournings, which God gave unto Abraham.
• Gen 32:3 : 3 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the field of Edom.
• Ezek 27:13 : 13 Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy traffickers; they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass for thy merchandise.
• Rev 18:13 : 13 and cinnamon, and spice, and incense, and ointment, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and cattle, and sheep; and merchandise of horses and chariots and slaves; and souls of men.