Genesis 46:1

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּסַּ֤ע יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וְכָל־אֲשֶׁר־ל֔וֹ וַיָּבֹ֖א בְּאֵ֣רָה שָּׁ֑בַע וַיִּזְבַּ֣ח זְבָחִ֔ים לֵאלֹהֵ֖י אָבִ֥יו יִצְחָֽק׃

Transliteration

And wayyissaʿ Yiśrāʾēl and all that to-him, and wayyāḇōʾ to-Bĕʾērâ Šāḇaʿ, and wayyizbaḥ zĕḇāḥîm to-ʾĕlōhê father-his Yiṣḥāq.

Grammar Details

• *wayyissaʿ*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - 'and he journeyed/set out'
• *Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun, masculine singular - 'Israel' (Jacob's new name)
• *wayyāḇōʾ*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - 'and he came/arrived'
• *Bĕʾērâ Šāḇaʿ*: proper noun, place name - 'Beersheba'
• *wayyizbaḥ*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - 'and he sacrificed/offered'
• *zĕḇāḥîm*: common noun, masculine plural - 'sacrifices'
• *ʾĕlōhê*: common noun, masculine plural construct - 'God of'
• *Yiṣḥāq*: proper noun, masculine singular - 'Isaac'

Word Meanings

• *wayyissaʿ*: journeyed/traveled/set out/pulled up stakes
• *wayyāḇōʾ*: came/entered/arrived at
• *wayyizbaḥ*: sacrificed/slaughtered/offered
• *zĕḇāḥîm*: sacrifices/offerings
• *ʾĕlōhê*: God of/deity of

Referenced Verses

• Gen 28:10 : 10 And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran.
• Gen 28:13 : 13 And, behold, Jehovah stood above it, and said, I am Jehovah, the God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;
• Gen 31:42 : 42 Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the Fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now hadst thou sent me away empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.
• Gen 21:33 : 33 And [Abraham] planted a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of Jehovah, the Everlasting God.
• Gen 21:31 : 31 Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.
• Gen 21:14 : 14 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and [gave her] the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.
• Gen 4:4 : 4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And Jehovah had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
• Gen 8:20 : 20 And Noah builded an altar unto Jehovah, and took of every clean beast, and of every clean bird, and offered burnt-offerings on the altar.
• Gen 12:8 : 8 And he removed from thence unto the mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Ai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto Jehovah, and called upon the name of Jehovah.
• Gen 22:13 : 13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, behind [him] a ram caught in the thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt-offering in the stead of his son.
• Gen 26:22-25 : 22 And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now Jehovah hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land. 23 And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba. 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. 25 And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of Jehovah, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a well.
• 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.
• Gen 33:20 : 20 And he erected there an altar, and called it El-Elohe-Israel.
• Gen 35:3 : 3 and let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.
• Gen 35:7 : 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.
• 1 Sam 3:20 : 20 And all Israel from Dan even to Beer-sheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of Jehovah.
• Job 1:5 : 5 And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt-offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and renounced God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.
• Job 42:8 : 8 Now therefore, take unto you seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt-offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you; for him will I accept, that I deal not with you after your folly; for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.