Genesis 17:21

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

But I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאֶת־בְּרִיתִ֖י אָקִ֣ים אֶת־יִצְחָ֑ק אֲשֶׁר֩ תֵּלֵ֨ד לְךָ֤ שָׂרָה֙ לַמּוֹעֵ֣ד הַזֶּ֔ה בַּשָּׁנָ֖ה הָאַחֶֽרֶת׃

Transliteration

wə-ʾet-bərîtî ʾāqîm ʾet-Yiṣḥāq ʾăšer tēlēḏ ləḵā Śārāh lam-môʿēḏ haz-zeh baš-šānāh hā-ʾaḥeret

Grammar Details

• *wə-ʾet*: conjunction + direct object marker
• *bərîtî*: noun feminine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my covenant
• *ʾāqîm*: hiphil imperfect 1st person singular - I will establish
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *Yiṣḥāq*: proper noun masculine singular - Isaac
• *ʾăšer*: relative particle - whom
• *tēlēḏ*: qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular - will bear
• *ləḵā*: preposition + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to you
• *Śārāh*: proper noun feminine singular - Sarah
• *lam-môʿēḏ*: preposition + definite article + noun masculine singular - at the appointed time
• *haz-zeh*: definite article + demonstrative pronoun masculine singular - this
• *baš-šānāh*: preposition + definite article + noun feminine singular - in the year
• *hā-ʾaḥeret*: definite article + adjective feminine singular - the next/other

Word Meanings

• *ʾāqîm*: establish/set up/confirm/fulfill
• *môʿēḏ*: appointed time/season/festival
• *hā-ʾaḥeret*: the next/the other/the following

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  But my covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to you at this set time next year.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  But my covenant{H1285} will I establish{H6965} with Isaac,{H3327} whom Sarah{H8283} shall bear{H3205} unto thee at this set time{H4150} in the next{H312} year.{H8141}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  But my covenant{H1285} will I establish{H6965}{(H8686)} with Isaac{H3327}, which Sarah{H8283} shall bear{H3205}{(H8799)} unto thee at this set time{H4150} in the next{H312} year{H8141}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  But my bonde will I make with Isaac which Sara shall bere vnto the: even this tyme twelue moneth.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But my couenaunt wyll I make wt Isaac, whom Sara shal beare vnto the, eue this tyme twolue moneth.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But my couenant will I establish with Izhak, which Sarah shall beare vnto thee, the next yeere at this season.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  But my couenaunt wyl I make with Isahac whiche Sara shall beare vnto thee, euen this tyme twelue moneth.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  But my covenant I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time in the next year."

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and My covenant I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah doth bear to thee at this appointed time in the next year;'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But my agreement will be with Isaac, to whom Sarah will give birth a year from this time.

• World English Bible (2000)

  But my covenant I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year.”

Referenced Verses

• Gen 26:2-5 : 2 The LORD appeared to him and said, "Do not go down to Egypt. Stay in the land that I will show you. 3 Stay in this land, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your descendants and will fulfill the oath I swore to Abraham your father. 4 I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky and give them all these lands, and through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed. 5 This is because Abraham obeyed My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My instructions.
• Gen 18:10 : 10 Then one of them said, 'I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife will have a son.' Now Sarah was listening at the entrance of the tent, which was behind him.
• Gen 21:2-3 : 2 Sarah became pregnant and gave birth to a son for Abraham in his old age, at the appointed time God had promised him. 3 Abraham named his son, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.
• Gen 21:10-12 : 10 And she said to Abraham, 'Get rid of that slave woman and her son, for that woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac.' 11 The matter distressed Abraham greatly because it concerned his son. 12 But God said to Abraham, 'Do not be distressed about the boy and your slave woman. Listen to whatever Sarah tells you, because it is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.'
• Gen 46:1 : 1 Israel set out with everything he had and came to Beersheba, where he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
• Gen 48:15 : 15 Then he blessed Joseph and said, 'The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked faithfully, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,'
• Exod 3:6 : 6 Then he said, 'I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.' At this, Moses hid his face because he was afraid to look at God.
• Job 14:13 : 13 If only you would hide me in the grave and conceal me till your anger has passed! If you would set me a time and then remember me!
• Luke 1:55 : 55 just as He spoke to our ancestors, to Abraham and his descendants forever.
• Luke 1:72 : 72 He has shown mercy to our ancestors and remembered His holy covenant—
• Acts 1:7 : 7 He said to them, "It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by His own authority."
• Rom 9:5-6 : 5 To them belong the patriarchs, and from them, according to the flesh, came Christ, who is God over all, blessed forever. Amen. 6 It is not as though God’s word has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.
• Rom 9:9 : 9 For this is the word of promise: 'At the appointed time I will come, and Sarah will have a son.'
• Gal 3:29 : 29 If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
• Heb 11:9 : 9 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise.
• Exod 2:24 : 24 God heard their groaning, and He remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.