Genesis 21:23

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְעַתָּ֗ה הִשָּׁ֨בְעָה לִּ֤י בֵֽאלֹהִים֙ הֵ֔נָּה אִם־תִּשְׁקֹ֣ר לִ֔י וּלְנִינִ֖י וּלְנֶכְדִּ֑י כַּחֶ֜סֶד אֲשֶׁר־עָשִׂ֤יתִי עִמְּךָ֙ תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה עִמָּדִ֔י וְעִם־הָאָ֖רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־גַּ֥רְתָּה בָּֽהּ׃

Transliteration

And-now hiššābəʿâ to-me in-ʾĕlōhîm here if-tišqōr to-me and-to-nînî and-to-nekdî as-the-ḥesed ʾăšer-ʿāśîtî with-you taʿăśeh with-me and-with-the-ʾāreṣ ʾăšer-gartâ in-it.

Grammar Details

*wə-*: conjunction - and
*ʿattâ*: adverb - now
*hiššābəʿâ*: niphal imperative, masculine singular - swear
*lî*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - to me
*bē-*: preposition - in/by
*ʾĕlōhîm*: masculine plural noun (used as singular) - God
*hēnnâ*: adverb - here
*ʾim*: conditional particle - if
*tišqōr*: qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you will deal falsely
*lə-*: preposition - to
*nînî*: masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my offspring
*nekdî*: masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my grandson
*ka-*: preposition - as/according to
*ha-*: definite article - the
*ḥesed*: masculine singular noun - kindness/loyalty
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which/that
*ʿāśîtî*: qal perfect, 1st person singular - I have done
*ʿimməkā*: preposition with 2nd masculine singular suffix - with you
*taʿăśeh*: qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you will do
*ʿimmādî*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - with me
*ʿim*: preposition - with
*hā-*: definite article - the
*ʾāreṣ*: feminine singular noun - land
*gartâ*: qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - you have sojourned
*bāh*: preposition with 3rd feminine singular suffix - in it

Word Meanings

*hiššābəʿâ*: swear/take an oath
*ʾĕlōhîm*: God/gods/divine beings (here used as singular)
*hēnnâ*: here/in this place
*tišqōr*: deal falsely/lie/deceive/break faith
*nînî*: my offspring/my descendants
*nekdî*: my grandson/my posterity
*ḥesed*: kindness/loyalty/faithfulness/covenant loyalty
*ʿāśîtî*: I have done/I have shown
*taʿăśeh*: you will do/you will show
*gartâ*: you have sojourned/you have lived as an alien

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Referenced Verses

Josh 2:12 : 12 Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father's house, and give me a true token:
Gen 20:14 : 14 And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.
Gen 24:3 : 3 And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
Gen 26:28 : 28 And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;
Gen 31:44 : 44 Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.
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.
Deut 6:13 : 13 Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.
Gen 14:22-23 : 22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth, 23 That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:
1 Sam 20:13 : 13 The LORD do so and much more to Jonathan: but if it please my father to do thee evil, then I will shew it thee, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace: and the LORD be with thee, as he hath been with my father.
1 Sam 20:17 : 17 And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
1 Sam 20:42 : 42 And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the LORD, saying, The LORD be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city.
1 Sam 24:21-22 : 21 Swear now therefore unto me by the LORD, that thou wilt not cut off my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my father's house. 22 And David sware unto Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men gat them up unto the hold.
1 Sam 30:15 : 15 And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this company.
Jer 4:2 : 2 And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.
2 Cor 1:23 : 23 Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.
Heb 6:16 : 16 For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.

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