Genesis 17:8

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

And I will give to you and your descendants after you the land in which you are now living as a foreigner—all the land of Canaan—as an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְנָתַתִּ֣י לְ֠ךָ וּלְזַרְעֲךָ֨ אַחֲרֶ֜יךָ אֵ֣ת ׀ אֶ֣רֶץ מְגֻרֶ֗יךָ אֵ֚ת כָּל־אֶ֣רֶץ כְּנַ֔עַן לַאֲחֻזַּ֖ת עוֹלָ֑ם וְהָיִ֥יתִי לָהֶ֖ם לֵאלֹהִֽים׃

Transliteration

wə-nātattî ləḵā û-lə-zarʿăḵā ʾaḥăreḵā ʾēt ʾereṣ məgureḵā ʾēt kol-ʾereṣ Kənaʿan la-ʾăḥuzzat ʿôlām wə-hāyîtî lāhem lēʾlōhîm

Grammar Details

• *wə-nātattî*: conjunction + qal perfect 1st person singular - and I will give
• *ləḵā*: preposition + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to you
• *û-lə-zarʿăḵā*: conjunction + preposition + noun masculine singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - and to your seed/offspring
• *ʾaḥăreḵā*: preposition + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - after you
• *ʾēt*: direct object marker
• *ʾereṣ*: noun feminine singular construct - land of
• *məgureḵā*: noun masculine plural + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your sojournings
• *kol*: noun masculine singular construct - all of
• *Kənaʿan*: proper noun - Canaan
• *la-ʾăḥuzzat*: preposition + noun feminine singular construct - for a possession of
• *ʿôlām*: noun masculine singular - everlasting/perpetuity
• *wə-hāyîtî*: conjunction + qal perfect 1st person singular - and I will be
• *lāhem*: preposition + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - to them
• *lēʾlōhîm*: preposition + noun masculine plural - for God

Word Meanings

• *məgureḵā*: sojournings/dwelling as alien/temporary residence
• *ʾăḥuzzat*: possession/property/holding
• *ʿôlām*: everlasting/perpetual/eternal/indefinite time

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranr, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And I will give to you, and to your descendants after you, the land in which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  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.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And I will geue vnto the ad to thy seed after the the lande where in thou arte a straunger: Euen all the lande of Canaan for an everlastynge possession and wil be their God.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And vnto the and to thy sede after the, will I geue the lande, wherin thou art a straunger: euen all the lande of Canaan for an euerlastinge possession, and will be their God.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And I will giue thee and thy seede after thee the land, wherein thou art a stranger, euen all the land of Canaan, for an euerlasting possession, and I will be their God.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And I wyll geue vnto thee and to thy seede after thee, the lande wherein thou art a strauger euen al the lande of Chanaan, for an euerlastyng possession, and wyll be their God.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  I will give to you, and to your seed after you, the land where you are traveling, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession. I will be their God."

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and I have given to thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojournings, the whole land of Canaan, for a possession age-during, and I have become their God.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And to you and to your seed after you, I will give the land in which you are living, all the land of Canaan for an eternal heritage; and I will be their God.

• World English Bible (2000)

  I will give to you, and to your seed after you, the land where you are traveling, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession. I will be their God."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  I will give the whole land of Canaan– the land where you are now residing– to you and your descendants after you as a permanent possession. I will be their God.”

Referenced Verses

• Gen 12:7 : 7 The Lord appeared to Abram and said, "To your offspring I will give this land." So Abram built an altar there to the Lord, who had appeared to him.
• Gen 13:15 : 15 For all the land you see, I will give to you and your descendants forever.
• Lev 26:12 : 12 I will walk among you and be your God, and you will be my people.
• Ps 105:11 : 11 Saying, 'To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.'
• Ps 105:9 : 9 The covenant He made with Abraham, and His oath to Isaac.
• Deut 29:13 : 13 It is not with you alone that I am making this covenant and this oath.
• Gen 13:17 : 17 Arise, walk through the land, its length and its breadth, for I will give it to you.
• Gen 28:4 : 4 May he give to you and your descendants with you the blessing of Abraham, that you may take possession of the land where you now live as a foreigner, the land God gave to Abraham.
• Exod 6:7 : 7 'I will take you as my own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.'
• Gen 48:4 : 4 He said to me, 'I am about to make you fruitful and multiply you. I will make you a community of peoples, and I will give this land to your descendants after you as a permanent possession.'
• Gen 15:7-9 : 7 And He said to him, "I am the LORD who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess." 8 But Abram said, "Lord GOD, how can I know that I will possess it?" 9 The LORD said to him, "Bring Me a three-year-old heifer, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon." 10 Abram brought all these to Him, cut them in two, and laid each half opposite the other, but he did not cut the birds in half. 11 Then birds of prey came down on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away. 12 As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and a thick and dreadful darkness came over him. 13 The LORD said to him, "Know for certain that your descendants will be foreigners in a land not their own, where they will be enslaved and oppressed for four hundred years." 14 "But I will judge the nation they serve, and afterward they will come out with great wealth." 15 "As for you, you will go to your ancestors in peace and be buried at a good old age." 16 In the fourth generation, your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure. 17 When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, a smoking oven and a burning torch appeared and passed between the divided pieces. 18 On that day, the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates River— 19 the land of the Kenites, the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites, 20 the Hittites, the Perizzites, and the Rephaim, 21 the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.
• Gen 23:4 : 4 “I am a foreigner and a sojourner among you. Give me a burial site among you so I can bury my dead out of my sight.”
• Exod 40:15 : 15 Anoint them in the same way you anointed their father so that they may serve me as priests. Their anointing will be an everlasting priesthood for all their generations.
• Num 25:13 : 13 'It will be a covenant of an everlasting priesthood for him and his descendants, because he was zealous for his God and made atonement for the Israelites.'
• Deut 4:37 : 37 Because He loved your ancestors, He chose their descendants after them and brought you out of Egypt with His great power and presence.
• Deut 14:2 : 2 For you are a holy people set apart for the LORD your God, and the LORD has chosen you to be His treasured possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.
• Deut 26:18 : 18 And the LORD has declared today that you are His treasured people as He promised, and that you are to keep all His commandments.
• 2 Sam 23:5 : 5 Is not my house right with God? He has made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things and secure. For He is all my salvation and all my desire, and He will not fail to make it grow.
• Ps 103:17 : 17 But from everlasting to everlasting, the Lord's steadfast love is with those who fear Him, and His righteousness is with their children's children.
• Heb 9:15 : 15 Therefore, Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance—now that He has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant.
• Lev 16:34 : 34 This shall be a permanent statute for you, to make atonement for the Israelites for all their sins once a year." And it was done as the LORD commanded Moses.
• Deut 32:8 : 8 When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance and divided the human race, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of Israel.
• Exod 21:6 : 6 then his master shall bring him before God. He shall take him to the door or the doorpost and pierce his ear with an awl. Then he will be his servant for life.
• Exod 31:16-17 : 16 The Israelites are to observe the Sabbath, celebrating it as a perpetual covenant for their generations. 17 It is a sign between me and the Israelites forever, for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, but on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed.