Genesis 15:13

Coverdale Bible (1535)

And he sayde vnto Abram: knowe this of a suertye, that thy sede shalbe a strauger, in a londe that is not theirs. And they shall make bonde men of them, and intreate them euell foure hundreth yeares.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לְאַבְרָ֗ם יָדֹ֨עַ תֵּדַ֜ע כִּי־גֵ֣ר ׀ יִהְיֶ֣ה זַרְעֲךָ֗ בְּאֶ֙רֶץ֙ לֹ֣א לָהֶ֔ם וַעֲבָד֖וּם וְעִנּ֣וּ אֹתָ֑ם אַרְבַּ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָֽה׃

Transliteration

And-yōʾmer to-ʾAḇrām yāḏōaʿ tēḏaʿ that-gēr yihyeh zarʿăḵā in-ʾereṣ not to-them and-ʿăḇāḏûm and-ʿinnû them four mēʾôṯ šānāh.

Grammar Details

• *yōʾmer*: Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - and he said
• *ʾAḇrām*: proper name
• *yāḏōaʿ*: Qal infinitive absolute - to know
• *tēḏaʿ*: Qal imperfect 2nd masculine singular - you will know
• *gēr*: masculine singular noun - sojourner/alien
• *yihyeh*: Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - will be
• *zarʿăḵā*: masculine singular noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your seed/offspring
• *ʾereṣ*: feminine singular noun - land
• *ʿăḇāḏûm*: Qal perfect 3rd common plural with waw consecutive and 3rd masculine plural suffix - and they will serve them
• *ʿinnû*: Piel perfect 3rd common plural with waw consecutive - and they will afflict/oppress
• *mēʾôṯ*: feminine plural construct noun - hundreds of
• *šānāh*: feminine singular noun - year

Word Meanings

• *yāḏōaʿ* *tēḏaʿ*: surely know/certainly know (emphatic construction)
• *gēr*: sojourner/alien/foreigner/stranger
• *zarʿăḵā*: your seed/your offspring/your descendants
• *ʾereṣ*: land/earth/territory/country
• *ʿăḇāḏûm*: serve them/be slaves to them/work for them
• *ʿinnû*: afflict/oppress/humble/mistreat

Referenced Verses

• Acts 7:6-7 : 6 But thus sayde God vnto him: Thy sede shalbe a straunger in a straunge londe, and they shal make bonde men of them, and intreate the euell foure hundreth yeares: 7 and ye people whom they shal serue, wil I iudge, sayde God. And after that shal they go forth, and serue me in this place.
• Gal 3:17 : 17 This Testament (I saye) which afore was confirmed to Christ warde, is not disanulled (that the promes shulde be made of none affecte) by the lawe which was geuen beyonde foure hundreth & thirtie yeares therafter.
• Ps 105:23-25 : 23 Israel also came in to Egipte, and Iacob was a straunger in the lode of Ham. 24 But he increased his people exceadingly, and made them stronger then their enemies. 25 Whose hert turned, so that they hated his people, and dealt vntruly with his seruauntes.
• Acts 7:17 : 17 Now wha the tyme of the promes drue nye (which God had sworne vnto Abraha) the people grewe and multiplied in Egipte,
• Exod 1:11 : 11 And he set worke masters ouer them, to kepe them vnder with burthens. (For they buylded the cities Phiton and Raemses, for treasuries vnto Pharao.)
• Exod 5:1-9 : 1 Afterwarde wente Moses & Aaron, & spake vnto Pharao: Thus sayeth the LORDE the God of Israel: let my people go, yt they maye kepe holy daye vnto me in the wildernes. 2 Pharao answered: What felowe is the LORDE, that I must heare his voyce, and let Israel go? 3 I knowe not the LORDE, nether wil I let Israel go.They sayde: The God of the Hebrues hath called vs. Let vs go now therfore thre dayes iourney in the wildernes, & do sacrifice vnto the LORDE or God, yt there happen not vnto vs pestilece or swerde. 4 The sayde ye kynge of Egipte vnto the: Why make ye ye people (thou Moses & Aaron) to leaue their worke? Get you hece to yor laboure. 5 Pharao saide morouer: Beholde, ye people are to many in ye lande, and yet wil ye byd them ceasse from their laboure. 6 The same daye therfore dyd Pharao comaunde the workmasters of the people, and their officers, and sayde: 7 Ye shal not gather and geue the people eny more strawe, to burne bryck, as yesterdaye and yeryesterdaye. Let them go, and gather them strawe them selues. 8 And the nombre of the brycke which they made yesterdaye & yeryesterdaye, shall ye laye vpon them neuertheles, and mynish nothinge therof: for they are ydle. Therfore crye they and saye: We wil go, and do sacrifice vnto oure God. 9 Let the men be kepte downe wt laboure, yt they maye haue to do, & not to turne them selues to false wordes. 10 Then wente the workmasters of the people & their officers out, & spake vnto the people: Thus sayeth Pharao: There shall no strawe be geuen you, 11 go youre waye youre selues, and get you strawe, where ye can fynde it. But of youre labor there shall nothinge be mynished. 12 Then were the people scatred in all ye lande of Egipte, to gather stubble, that they might haue strawe. 13 And the workmasters haistied them forwarde, & sayde: Fulfill yor daye worke, like as whan ye had strawe. 14 And the officers of ye children of Israel, whom Pharaos worckmasters had set ouer them, were beaten, & it was saide vnto them: Wherfore haue ye not fulfilled yor appoynted daye worke to daye and yesterdaye, like as in tymes past? 15 Than wente the officers of the children of Israel, & coplayned vnto Pharao: Wherfore wilt thou deale thus wt thy seruauntes? 16 Thy seruauntes haue no strawe geuen the, & yet must we make the brycke that are appoynted vs. And beholde, thy seruauntes are beaten, & thy people are euell intreated. 17 Pharao sayde: Ye are ydle, ydle are ye, therfore saye ye: we will go, and do sacrifice vnto the LORDE. 18 Go now yor waye therfore, & worke: there shall no strawe be geuen you, but the nombre of brycke shal ye delyuer. 19 Then sawe the officers of the children of Israel, yt it was not amended, for it was sayde: ye shal mynish nothinge of the daye worke of the brycke. 20 And whan Moses & Aaron wente from Pharao, they came forth to mete them, 21 & sayde vnto them: The LORDE loke vpon you, & iudge it, for ye haue made the sauoure of vs to stynke before Pharao and his seruauntes, and haue geuen them a swerde in their handes, to slaye vs. 22 But Moses came agayne vnto the LORDE, and sayde: LORDE, wherfore dealest thou so euell wt this people? Wherfore hast thou sent me? 23 For sence the tyme that I wente in vnto Pharao, to speake vnto him in thy name, he hath dealt euell with this people, and thou hast not delyuered yi people.
• Exod 12:40-41 : 40 The tyme yt the children of Israel dwelt in Egipte, is foure hondreth and thirtie yeares. 41 Whan the same were ended, the whole hoost of the LORDE wente out of the londe of Egipte in one daye.
• Exod 22:21 : 21 Thou shalt not vexe ner oppresse a straunger, for ye youre selues were straungers also in the londe of Egipte.
• Exod 23:9 : 9 Ye shall not oppresse a straunger, for ye knowe the hert of straungers, for so moch as ye youre selues also haue bene straungers in the londe of Egipte.
• Lev 19:34 : 34 He shal dwell with you, euen as one that is at home amonge you, & thou shalt loue him as yi self: for ye youre selues also were straungers in the lande of Egipte. I am the LORDE youre God.
• Deut 10:19 : 19 Therfore shal ye loue a strauger, for ye youre selues also were straungers in the londe of Egipte.
• Ps 105:11-12 : 11 Sayenge: vnto the wil I geue the londe of Canaan, the lott of youre heretage. 12 When there was yet but a fewe of them, and they straungers therin.
• Gen 17:8 : 8 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.
• Exod 1:1-2 : 1 These are ye names of the childre of Israel, that came with Iacob into Egipte: euery one came in wt his house, 2 Ruben, Simeon, Leui, Iuda,
• Heb 11:8-9 : 8 By faith Abraham (wha he was called) obeyed, to go out in to the place, which he shulde afterwarde receaue to inheritaunce: and he wente out, not knowynge whither he shulde go. 9 By faith was he a straunger in the lode of promes as in a straunge countre, & dwelt in tabernacles: and so dyd Isaac & Iacob, heyres with him of the same promes: 10 for he loked for a cite which hath a foundacion, whose buylder and maker is God. 11 By faith Sara also receaued strength to be with childe, and was delyuered of a childe whan she was past age, because she iudged him to be faithfull which had promysed. 12 And therfore spronge there of one (yee euen off one which was as good as deed concernynge the body) so many in multitude as the starres off the skye, and as the sonde off the See shore, which is innumerable. 13 All these dyed acordinge to faith, and receaued not the promyses, but sawe the afarre off, and beleued them, and saluted them: and cofessed, that they were straungers & pilgrems vpo earth.