Genesis 31:18

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padanaram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּנְהַ֣ג אֶת־כָּל־מִקְנֵ֗הוּ וְאֶת־כָּל־רְכֻשׁוֹ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר רָכָ֔שׁ מִקְנֵה֙ קִנְיָנ֔וֹ אֲשֶׁ֥ר רָכַ֖שׁ בְּפַדַּ֣ן אֲרָ֑ם לָב֛וֹא אֶל־יִצְחָ֥ק אָבִ֖יו אַ֥רְצָה כְּנָֽעַן׃

Transliteration

And-wayyinhag ʾeṯ-all-cattle-his and-ʾeṯ-all-property-his which rāḵāš, cattle qinyānô which rāḵaš in-Paddan ʾĂrām, to-come to-Yiṣḥāq father-his land-ward Kənaʿan.

Grammar Details

*wayyinhag*: Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - and he drove
*rāḵāš*: Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he had acquired
*qinyānô*: Masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his acquisition
*rāḵaš*: Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he had acquired
*Paddan ʾĂrām*: Proper noun - Paddan Aram
*Yiṣḥāq*: Proper noun - Isaac
*Kənaʿan*: Proper noun - Canaan

Word Meanings

*wayyinhag*: drove/led/conducted
*rāḵāš*: acquired/gathered/gained
*qinyān*: acquisition/property/possession

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Gen 27:1-2 : 1 And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I. 2 And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death:
Gen 27:41 : 41 And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.
Gen 28:21 : 21 So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God:
Gen 35:27-29 : 27 And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned. 28 And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years. 29 And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

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