Genesis 15:18

Coverdale Bible (1535)

The same daye made the LORDE a couenaut with Abram, and sayde: Vnto thy sede wil I geue this lode, from the water of Egipte, vnto the greate water Euphrates:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֗וּא כָּרַ֧ת יְהוָ֛ה אֶת־אַבְרָ֖ם בְּרִ֣ית לֵאמֹ֑ר לְזַרְעֲךָ֗ נָתַ֙תִּי֙ אֶת־הָאָ֣רֶץ הַזֹּ֔את מִנְּהַ֣ר מִצְרַ֔יִם עַד־הַנָּהָ֥ר הַגָּדֹ֖ל נְהַר־פְּרָֽת׃

Transliteration

In-the-yôm the-that kāraṯ YHWH with-ʾAḇrām bərîṯ lēʾmōr to-zarʿăḵā nāṯattî et-the-ʾāreṣ the-this from-nəhar Miṣrayim until-the-nāhār the-gāḏōl nəhar-Pərāṯ.

Grammar Details

• *yôm*: masculine singular noun with prefix preposition and definite article - in the day
• *kāraṯ*: Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - cut/made
• *YHWH*: divine name
• *ʾAḇrām*: proper name with preposition
• *bərîṯ*: feminine singular noun - covenant
• *lēʾmōr*: Qal infinitive construct with prefix - to say
• *zarʿăḵā*: masculine singular noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your seed/offspring
• *nāṯattî*: Qal perfect 1st person singular - I have given
• *ʾāreṣ*: feminine singular noun - land
• *nəhar*: masculine singular construct noun - river of
• *Miṣrayim*: proper name - Egypt
• *nāhār*: masculine singular noun - river
• *gāḏōl*: masculine singular adjective - great
• *Pərāṯ*: proper name - Euphrates

Word Meanings

• *kāraṯ*: cut/made/established (idiom for covenant-making)
• *bərîṯ*: covenant/agreement/treaty/alliance
• *zarʿăḵā*: your seed/your offspring/your descendants/your posterity
• *nāṯattî*: I have given/I give/I will give (prophetic perfect)
• *ʾāreṣ*: land/earth/territory/country
• *nəhar*: river/stream/wadi
• *gāḏōl*: great/large/mighty

Referenced Verses

• Gen 12:7 : 7 Then the LORDE appeared vnto Abra, & sayde: This londe wil I geue vnto yi sede. And there he buylded an aulter vnto ye LORDE, which appeared vnto him.
• Deut 1:7-8 : 7 turne you, & departe hence, that ye maye come to the mountaynes of the Amorites, and to all their neghbours in ye feldes, vpon mountaynes, and in the valleys towarde the South and towarde the see syde, of the lande of Canaan: and to mount Libanus, euen vnto the greate water Euphrates. 8 Beholde, I haue delyuered you the londe, go in, and take it in possession, which the LORDE sware vnto yor fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Iacob, that he wolde geue it vnto the, and their sede after them.
• Neh 9:8 : 8 and founde his hert faithfull before the, and madest a couenaut with him, to geue vnto his sede the londe of the Cananites, Hethites, Amorites, Pheresites, Iebusites, and Girgosites, and hast made good thy wordes: for thou art righteous.
• Deut 11:24 : 24 All the places that the soles of youre fete treade vpon, shalbe yours, from the wyldernes, and fro mount Libanus, and from the water Euphrates vnto ye vttemost see shal youre coastes be.
• Deut 34:4 : 4 And the LORDE sayde vnto him: This is the londe that I sware vnto Abraham, Isaac and Iacob, and sayde: I wyll geue it vnto thy sede. Thou hast sene it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go ouer thither.
• Josh 1:3-4 : 3 All the places that the soles of youre fete shal treade vpon, haue I geuen vnto you, as I sayde vnto Moses: 4 From the wyldernesse and this Libanus vnto the greate water Euphrates: all the londe of the Hethites vnto the greate see towarde the west, shal be youre border.
• Exod 23:27-31 : 27 I wil sende my feare before the, and sley all the people where thou comest, & will make all thine enemies to turne their backes vpo the. 28 I wyll sende hornettes before ye, and dryue out the Heuytes, Cananites and Hethytes before the. 29 In one yeare wyl I not cast the out before the, yt the londe become not waist, & wylde beastes multiply agaynst ye: 30 By litle & litle wyll I dryue them out before the, tyll thou growe, & haue the londe in possession. 31 And I wil set the borders of thy londe, euen from the reed see vnto ye see of the Philistynes, & from the wyldernes vnto the water. For I wil delyuer the indwellers of the londe in to thine hande, yt thou shalt dryue them out before the.
• Gen 13:15 : 15 for all the londe that thou seist, wyll I geue vnto the and to thy sede for euer,
• Gen 24:7 : 7 The LORDE, the God of heauen, which toke me fro my fathers house and from the londe of my kynred, and that talked with me, and sware also vnto me, and sayde: Vnto yi sede wyll I geue this londe: Euen he shall sende his angell before the, that thou maiest brynge my sonne a wife from thence.
• Gen 26:4 : 4 And I wyll multiplye thy sede as the starres of heauen, and vnto thy sede wyll I geue all this londe, and thorow thy sede shall all nacions be blessed,
• 1 Kgs 4:21 : 21 Thus was Salomo lorde ouer all the kyngdomes (from the water of the londe of the Philistynes, vnto the border of Egipte) which broughte him giftes, and serued him as longe as he lyued.
• Num 34:5 : 5 and stretch out from Azmona vnto the ryuer of Egipte, and that the ende therof be at the greate see.
• 1 Chr 5:9 : 9 And dwelt towarde ye East, as one cometh to the wyldernes by ye water Euphrates: for their catell were many in the londe of Gilead.
• 2 Chr 9:26 : 26 And he was lorde ouer all the kynges from the water vnto the londe of the Philistynes, and to the coaste of Egipte.
• Gen 28:4 : 4 and geue the the blessynge of Abraham vnto ye & thy sede with the, that thou mayest possesse the lande, wherin thou art a straunger, which God gaue vnto Abraham.
• Gen 28:13-14 : 13 and the LORDE stode vpon it, and sayde: I am the LORDE God of thy father Abraham, and the God of Isaac: The londe yt thou lyest vpon, wyl I geue vnto the, and to thy sede: 14 and thy sede shal be as ye dust of ye earth. And thou shalt sprede forth towarde the west, east, north, and south: and thorow the and thy sede shall all the kynreds vpon earth be blessed.
• Gen 35:12 : 12 and the lande that I gaue vnto Abraham and Isaac, wyll I geue vnto the, & wyl geue it vnto thy sede after the.
• Gen 50:24 : 24 And Ioseph sayde vnto his brethren: I dye, and God wyl vyset you, and brynge you out of this lande, to the lande that he sware vnto Abraham, Isaac and Iacob.
• Exod 3:8 : 8 and am come downe to delyuer them from the power of the Egipcians, and to carye them out of that lode, in to a good and wyde londe, euen in to a londe that floweth with mylke and hony: namely, vnto the place of the Cananites, Hethites, Amorites, Pheresites, Heuytes & Iebusites.
• Exod 6:4 : 4 My couenaunt also haue I made with them, that I wil geue them the londe of Canaan, the londe of their pilgremage, wherin they haue bene straungers.
• Exod 23:23 : 23 Now wha myne angell goeth before the, & bryngeth the vnto ye Amorites, Hethites, Pheresites, Cananites, Heuites & Iebusites, & I shall haue destroyed them:
• Gen 17:1-9 : 1 Now whan Abram was nyentye yeare olde and nyene, the LORDE appeared vnto him, & sayde vnto him: I am the allmightie God, walke before me, & be vncorrupte. 2 And I wyll make my couenaunt betwene me & the, and wyl multiplye the exceadyngly. 3 Then fell Abram vpon his face.And God talked furthur, with him, and sayde: 4 Beholde, It is I, and haue my couenaut with the, and thou shalt be a father of many people. 5 Therfore shalt thou nomore be called Abram, but thy name shal be Abraham: For I haue made the a father of many nacions, 6 & I wil multiplye the exceadingly, and wil make people of ye, yee and kynges also shal come out of the. 7 Morouer I wil make my couenaut betwene me and the, and thy sede after the thorow out their posterities, that it maye be an euerlastinge couenaunt, so that I wyll be the God of the, and of thy sede after the. 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. 9 And God sayde morouer vnto Abraham: Kepe my couenaunt then, thou and they sede after the. 10 This is my couenaunt which ye shal kepe betwene me and you, and thy sede after ye thorow out their posterites. Euery manchilde that is amonge you, shalbe circumcyded: 11 and ye shall circumcyde the foreskynne of yor flesh. This same shalbe a token of the couenaunt betwene me and you. 12 Euery manchilde whan it is eight dayes olde, shalbe circucyded thorow out youre posterities: In like maner all housholde folkes borne at home, or bought, or eny other also that is a strauger and not of thy sede. 13 Thus shall my couenaunt be in youre flesh for an euerlastinge couenaunt. 14 And yf there shalbe any manchilde vncircumcided in the foreskinne of his flesh, his soule shalbe roted out from his people, because he hath broken my couenaunt. 15 And God sayde vnto Abraham: Sarai thy wyfe shall nomore be called Sarai, but Sara shal be hir name: 16 for I will blesse her, and geue the a sonne of her. I wil blesse her, and people shall come of her, yee and kynges of many people. 17 Then fell Abraha vpo his face, and laughed, and sayde in his hert: Shal a childe be borne vnto me that am an hundreth yeare olde? And shall Sara yt is nyentie yeare olde, beare? 18 And Abraha sayde vnto God: O that Israel might lyue in thy sight. 19 Then sayde God: Yee euen Sara thy wyfe shall beare the a sonne, and thou shalt call his name Isaac: for with him wil I make my euerlastinge couenaunt, and with his sede after him. 20 And as concernynge Ismael also, I haue herde thy request: Beholde, I haue blessed him, and will increase him, and multiplye him exceadingly. Twolue prynces shal he beget, and I wyll make a greate nacion of him. 21 But my couenaunt wyll I make wt Isaac, whom Sara shal beare vnto the, eue this tyme twolue moneth. 22 And he left of talkynge with him, and God wente vp from Abraham. 23 Than toke Abraham his sonne Ismael, and all the seruauntes borne in his house, and all that were bought, (as many as were men children in his house,) and circumcyded the foreskynne of their flesh, euen the same daye, as God had sayde vnto him. 24 And Abraham was nyentie yeare olde and nyne, whan he cut of the foreskynne of his flesh. 25 As for Ismael, he was thirtene yeare olde, whan the foreskynne of his flesh was circumcyded. 26 Euen vpon one daye were they all circumcyded: Abraham, and Ismael his sonne, 27 and all the men in his house, (whether they were borne at home, bought, or eny other straunger:) they were all circumcyded with him.
• Gen 2:14 : 14 The thirde water is called Hydeckell, which runneth towarde the east syde of ye Assirias. The fourth water is Euphrates.
• Gen 9:8-9 : 8 Farthermore, God sayde vnto Noe and to his sonnes wt him: 9 Beholde, I make my couenaunt with you, and with youre sede after you, 10 and with euery lyuynge creature that is with you, both foule, catell, and all beastes vpon the earth with you, of all that is gone out of the Arke, what so euer beast of the earth it be: 11 And thus I make my couenaunt with you, that hence forth all flesh shal not be destroyed with the waters of eny floude, and from hence forth there shall come no floude to destroye the earth. 12 And God sayde: This is the token of my couenaunt which I haue made betwene me and you, and all lyuynge creatures amonge you for euermore: 13 My bowe will I set in the cloudes, and it shal be the token of my couenaunt betwene me and ye earth: 14 so that wha I brynge cloudes vpon the earth, the bowe shal appeare in the cloudes. 15 And then wyll I thynke vpon my couenaunt betwixte me and you and all lyuynge creatures in all maner of flesh: so that from hence forth there shall nomore come eny floude of water to destroye all flesh. 16 Therfore shall my bowe be in the cloudes, that I maye loke vpon it, and remembre the euerlastynge couenaunt, betwixte God and all liuynge creatures in all flesh that is vpon earth. 17 God sayde also vnto Noe: This is the toke of the couenaunt, which I haue made betwene me and all flesh vpon earth.
• Exod 34:11 : 11 Kepe that I commaunde ye this daye. Beholde, I wyl cast out before the: ye Amorites, Cananites, Hethites, Pheresites, Heuytes and Iebusites.
• Num 34:2-3 : 2 Commaunde the childre of Israel, and saye vnto them: Whan ye come into the londe of Canaan, the londe yt falleth to youre inheritaunce, shall haue hir borders in the londe of Canaan. 3 The South quarter shall begynne at the wyldernesse of Zin by Edom, so that youre South quarter be from the edge of the Salt see, which lyeth towarde the South:
• Deut 7:1 : 1 Whan ye LORDE yi God bringeth the in to ye londe where in to thou shalt come to possesse it, & roteth out ma nacions before the: the Hethites, Girgosites Amorites, Cananites, Pheresites, Heuites, and Iebusites, seue nacions which are greater and mightier then thou:
• Josh 12:1-9 : 1 These are ye kynges of the londe, who the childre of Israel smote, & conquered their lode, beyonde Iordane, eastwarde, fro the water of Arnon, vnto mount Hermon, and vnto all ye playne felde towarde the east: 2 Sihon the kynge of the Amorites, which dwelt at Hesbon, and had dominion from Aroer that lieth by the water syde of Arnon, and vnto the myddes of ye water: and ouer halfe Gilead, vnto the water of Iabok, which is the border of the childre of Ammon: 3 and ouer the playne felde, vnto the see of Cynneroth eastwarde, and vnto the see of the playne felde, namely the Salt see towarde the east, the waye vnto Beth Iesimoth: and from the south beneth by the ryuers of mount Pisga. 4 And the border of Og the kynge of Basan, which remayned yet of Raphaim, and dwelt at Astaroth and Edrei, 5 and had the dominion ouer mout Hermon, ouer Salcha, and ouer all Basan vnto the border of Gessuri & Maachati, & of halfe Gilead, which was the border of Sihon the kynge at Hesbon. 6 Moses the seruaunt of the LORDE and the childre of Israel smote them. And Moses the seruaunt of ye LORDE gaue it vnto the Rubenites, Gaddites and to the halfe trybe of Manasse in possession. 7 These are the kynges of the lode, whom Iosua & the children of Israel smote on this syde Iordane westwarde, fro Baalgad vpo the playne of mount Libanus, vnto ye mout that parteth the londe vp towarde Seir, & that Iosua gaue vnto the trybes of Israel in possession, vnto euery one his parte, 8 what so euer was in ye moutaynes, valleyes, playne feldes, by the ryuers, in ye wyldernesses & towarde the south, the Hethites, Amorites, Cananites, Pheresites, Heuites, and Iebusites. 9 The kynge of Iericho, the kynge of Hai, which lyeth besyde Bethel, 10 the kynge of Ierusalem, the kynge of Hebron, 11 the kynge of Iarmoth, the kynge of Lachis, 12 the kynge of Eglon, the kynge of Geser, 13 the kynge of Debir, the kynge of Geder, 14 the kynge of Horma, the kynge of Arad, 15 ye kynge of Libna, the kynge of Adulla, 16 the kynge of Makeda, the kynge of Bethel, 17 the kynge of Tapnah, the kynge of Hepher, 18 the kynge of Aphek, the kynge of Lasaron, 19 the kynge of Madan, the kynge of Hasor, 20 the kynge of Simron Meron, the kynge of Achsaph,
• Josh 15:4 : 4 & goeth thorow Asmona, and commeth forth to the ryuer of Egipte, so that the see is the ende of ye border. Let this be youre border southwarde.
• Josh 19:1-9 : 1 Then fell the seconde lot of the trybe of the children of Simeon acordinge to their kynreds, and their enheritaunce was amonge the enheritaunce of ye children of Iuda. 2 And to their enheritaunce they had Beer Seba, Molada, 3 Hazar Sual, Baala, Azem, 4 El Tholad, Bethul, Harma, 5 Ziklag, Betha Markaboth, Hazar Sussa, 6 Beth Lebaoth, and Saruhen: these are thirtene cities & their vyllages. 7 Ain, Rimon, Ether, Asan: these are foure cities and their vyllages. 8 And all ye vyllages that lye aboute the cities vnto Balath Beer Ramath towarde the south. This is the enheritaunce of the trybe of the children of Simeon in their kynreds: 9 for the enheritaunce of the children of Simeon is vnder the porcion of the children of Iuda. For so moch as the enheritaunce of the children of Iuda was to greate for them, therfore inhereted the children of Simeon amonge their enheritaunce. 10 The thirde lot fell vpon the childre of Zabulon after their kynreds. And the border of their enheritauce was vnto Sarid, 11 & goeth vp westwarde to Mareala, & bordreth vpon Dabaseth, and reacheth vnto the ryuer that floweth ouer agaynst Iakneam: 12 & turneth from Sarid eastwarde vnto the border of Cisloth Thabor, and cometh out vnto Dabrath, and reacheth vp to Iapia, 13 and from thece goeth it westwarde thorow Githa Hepher, and Itha Razim, and commeth out towarde Rimon, Hamthoar Hanea, 14 & fetcheth a compasse aboute from the north vnto Nathon, & the goynge out of it is in ye valley Iephtha El, 15 Ratath, Nahalal, Simron, Iedeala, & Bethlehem: These are twolue cities and their vyllages. 16 This is the enheritauce of the childre of Zabulon in their kynreds: these are their cities and vyllages. 17 The fourth lot fell vpo the childre of Isachar after their kynreds, 18 & their border was Iesraela, Chessulloth, Sunem, 19 Hapharaim, Sion, Anaharath, 20 Raabith, Rision, Abez, 21 Kemeth, En Ganim, Enhada, Beth Pazez, 22 & bordreth vpon Thabor, Sahazima, Beth Semes, and ye outgoinge of it was at Iordane. These are sixtene cities and their vyllages. 23 This is the enheritaunce of the trybe of the children of Isachar in their kynreds, cities and vyllages. 24 The fifth lot fell vpon the trybe of the children of Asser, after their kynreds. 25 And their border was Helkath, Hali, Beten, Achsaph, 26 Alamelech, Amead, Miseal, and borderth on Carmel vnto the see, and on Sihor, and Libnath, 27 and turneth towarde the east vnto Beth Dagon, and bordreth on Zabulon, and on the valley of Iephtael, and towarde the north syde of Beth Emek and Negiel: & commeth out vnto Cabul on the lefte syde 28 of Ebron, Rehob, Hamon and Cana, vnto greate Sidon. 29 And turneth towarde Rama, vnto the stronge cite of Zor, and turneth towarde Hossa, and goeth out vnto the see, after ye meetlyne towarde Achsib, 30 Vma, Aphek, Rehob. These are two and twentye cities and their vyllages. 31 This is the enheritaunce of the trybe of the children of Asser in their kinreds cities and vyllages. 32 The syxte lot fell vpon the children of Nephtali in their kynreds. 33 And their border was fro Heleph Elon thorow Zaanaim, Adai Nekeb, Iabne El vnto Lakum, and goeth out vnto Iordane, 34 and turneth westwarde to Asnoth Thabor, and cometh out from thence vnto Hukok, and bordreth on Zabulon towarde the south, and on Asser towarde the west, and on Iuda by Iordane towarde the east: 35 and hath stronge cities, Zidimzer, Hamath Rakath, Chinnaret, 36 Adama, Rama, Hazor, 37 Kedes, Edrei, En Hazor, 38 Iereon, Migdal Elhare, Beth Anath, Beth Sames. These are nyentene cities and their vyllages.
• 2 Sam 8:3 : 3 Dauid smote Hadad Eser also the sonne of Rehob kynge of Zoba, whan he wete to fetch his power agayne at ye water Euphrates.
• 2 Sam 23:5 : 5 euen so shal my house be with God. For he hath made an euerlastinge couenaunt with me, well appoynted on euery syde and sure. For this is all my health & pleasure, that it shal growe.
• Ps 105:11 : 11 Sayenge: vnto the wil I geue the londe of Canaan, the lott of youre heretage.
• Isa 27:12 : 12 In yt tyme shal ye LORDE shute from ye swifte water of Euphrates, vnto ye ryuer of Egipte. And there shal the children be chosen out one by one.
• Isa 55:3 : 3 Enclyne youre eares, & come vnto me, take hede & youre soule shal lyue. For I will make an euerlastinge couenaunt with you, eue the sure mercies of Dauid.
• Jer 31:31-34 : 31 Beholde, the dayes come (saieth the LORDE) yt I will make a new couenaunt with ye house of Israel & with ye house of Iuda: 32 not after the couenaunt that I made with their fathers, when I toke them by the honde, & led them out of the londe of Egipte: which couenaunt they brake, wherfore I punyshed them sore, saieth the LORDE: 33 But this shalbe the couenaunt that I will make with the house of Israel after those dayes, saieth the LORDE: I will plante my lawe in the inwarde partes of them, and write it in their hertes, and wilbe their God, and they shalbe my people. 34 And from thece forth shall no man teach his neghboure or his brother, and saye: knowe the LORDE: But they shall all knowe me, from the lowest vnto the hyest, saieth the LORDE. For I will forgeue their my?dedes, and wil neuer remembre their synnes eny more.
• Jer 32:40 : 40 And I will set vp an euerlastinge couenaunt with them, Namely: that I will neuer ceasse to do them good, and that I will put my feare in their hertes, so that they shall not runne awaye fro me.
• Jer 33:20-26 : 20 Thus saieth the LORDE: Maye the couenaunt which I haue made with daye and night, be broken, that there shulde not be daye and night in due season? 21 Then maye my couenaunt also be broken, which I made with Dauid my seruaunt, and so he not to haue a sonne to reigne in his Trone. So shall also the prestes and Leuites neuer fayle, but serue me. 22 For like as the starres of heauen maye not be nombred, nether the sonde of the see measured: so will I multiplie the sede of Dauid my seruaunt, and of the Leuites my ministers. 23 Morouer, the worde of the LORDE came to Ieremy, saienge: 24 Cosidrest thou not what this people speaketh? Two kynreddes (saye they) had the LORDE chosen, & those same two hath he cast awaye. For so farre is my people come, yt they haue no hope to come together eny more, and to be one people agayne. 25 Therfore thus saieth the LORDE: Yf I haue made no couenaunt with daye & night, and geue no statute vnto heauen and earth: 26 then will I also cast awaye the sede of Dauid my seruaunt: so that I wil take no prynce out of his sede, to rule the posterite of Abraha, Isaac and Iacob. But yet I will turne agayne their captiuyte, and be mercifull vnto them.
• Gal 3:15-17 : 15 Brethren, I wil speake after the maner of men. Though it be but a mas Testamet, yet no man despyseth it, or addeth eny thinge therto, whan it is confirmed. 16 To Abraham and his sede were the promyses made. He sayeth not: In the sedes, as in many, but in thy sede, as in one, which is Christ. 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.
• Heb 13:20 : 20 The God of peace (that broughte agayue fro the deed oure LORDE Iesus the greate shepherde of the shepe thorow the bloude of the euerlastinge Testament)