Genesis 46:1

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּסַּ֤ע יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וְכָל־אֲשֶׁר־ל֔וֹ וַיָּבֹ֖א בְּאֵ֣רָה שָּׁ֑בַע וַיִּזְבַּ֣ח זְבָחִ֔ים לֵאלֹהֵ֖י אָבִ֥יו יִצְחָֽק׃

Transliteration

And wayyissaʿ Yiśrāʾēl and all that to-him, and wayyāḇōʾ to-Bĕʾērâ Šāḇaʿ, and wayyizbaḥ zĕḇāḥîm to-ʾĕlōhê father-his Yiṣḥāq.

Grammar Details

• *wayyissaʿ*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - 'and he journeyed/set out'
• *Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun, masculine singular - 'Israel' (Jacob's new name)
• *wayyāḇōʾ*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - 'and he came/arrived'
• *Bĕʾērâ Šāḇaʿ*: proper noun, place name - 'Beersheba'
• *wayyizbaḥ*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - 'and he sacrificed/offered'
• *zĕḇāḥîm*: common noun, masculine plural - 'sacrifices'
• *ʾĕlōhê*: common noun, masculine plural construct - 'God of'
• *Yiṣḥāq*: proper noun, masculine singular - 'Isaac'

Word Meanings

• *wayyissaʿ*: journeyed/traveled/set out/pulled up stakes
• *wayyāḇōʾ*: came/entered/arrived at
• *wayyizbaḥ*: sacrificed/slaughtered/offered
• *zĕḇāḥîm*: sacrifices/offerings
• *ʾĕlōhê*: God of/deity of

Referenced Verses

• Gen 28:10 : 10 And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.
• Gen 28:13 : 13 And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;
• Gen 31:42 : 42 Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.
• Gen 21:33 : 33 And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.
• Gen 21:31 : 31 Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.
• Gen 21:14 : 14 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.
• Gen 4:4 : 4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
• Gen 8:20 : 20 And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
• Gen 12:8 : 8 And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.
• Gen 22:13 : 13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.
• Gen 26:22-25 : 22 And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land. 23 And he went up from thence to Beersheba. 24 And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake. 25 And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a well.
• 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.
• Gen 33:20 : 20 And he erected there an altar, and called it Elelohe-Israel.
• Gen 35:3 : 3 And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.
• Gen 35:7 : 7 And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
• 1 Sam 3:20 : 20 And all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of the LORD.
• Job 1:5 : 5 And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.
• Job 42:8 : 8 Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.