Genesis 17:8

Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

And I will geue vnto the ad to thy seed after the the lande where in thou arte a straunger: Euen all the lande of Canaan for an everlastynge possession and wil be their God.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְנָתַתִּ֣י לְ֠ךָ וּלְזַרְעֲךָ֨ אַחֲרֶ֜יךָ אֵ֣ת ׀ אֶ֣רֶץ מְגֻרֶ֗יךָ אֵ֚ת כָּל־אֶ֣רֶץ כְּנַ֔עַן לַאֲחֻזַּ֖ת עוֹלָ֑ם וְהָיִ֥יתִי לָהֶ֖ם לֵאלֹהִֽים׃

Transliteration

wə-nātattî ləḵā û-lə-zarʿăḵā ʾaḥăreḵā ʾēt ʾereṣ məgureḵā ʾēt kol-ʾereṣ Kənaʿan la-ʾăḥuzzat ʿôlām wə-hāyîtî lāhem lēʾlōhîm

Grammar Details

• *wə-nātattî*: conjunction + qal perfect 1st person singular - and I will give
• *ləḵā*: preposition + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to you
• *û-lə-zarʿăḵā*: conjunction + preposition + noun masculine singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - and to your seed/offspring
• *ʾaḥăreḵā*: preposition + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - after you
• *ʾēt*: direct object marker
• *ʾereṣ*: noun feminine singular construct - land of
• *məgureḵā*: noun masculine plural + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your sojournings
• *kol*: noun masculine singular construct - all of
• *Kənaʿan*: proper noun - Canaan
• *la-ʾăḥuzzat*: preposition + noun feminine singular construct - for a possession of
• *ʿôlām*: noun masculine singular - everlasting/perpetuity
• *wə-hāyîtî*: conjunction + qal perfect 1st person singular - and I will be
• *lāhem*: preposition + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - to them
• *lēʾlōhîm*: preposition + noun masculine plural - for God

Word Meanings

• *məgureḵā*: sojournings/dwelling as alien/temporary residence
• *ʾăḥuzzat*: possession/property/holding
• *ʿôlām*: everlasting/perpetual/eternal/indefinite time

Referenced Verses

• Gen 12:7 : 7 Then the LORde apeared vnto Abram ad sayd: vnto thy seed wyll I geue thys lade. And he buylded an aultere there vnto the LORDE which apeared to hym.
• Gen 13:15 : 15 for all the lande which thou seiste wyll I gyue vnto the and to thy seed for ever.
• Lev 26:12 : 12 And I will walke amonge you and wilbe youre God, and ye shalbe my people.
• Deut 29:13 : 13 For to make the a people vnto him selfe, and that he maye be vnto the a God, as he hath sayed vnto the and as he hath sworne vnto thi fathers Abraham, Isaac and Iacob.
• Gen 13:17 : 17 Aryse and walke aboute in the lande in the length of it ad in the bredth for I wyll geue it vnto the.
• Gen 28:4 : 4 and geue the the blessynge of Abraham: both to the and to thy seed with the that thou mayst possesse the lade (wherein thou art a strangere) which God gaue vnto Abraham.
• Exod 6:7 : 7 And I wil take you for my people and wilbe to you a God. And ye shall knowe that I am the Lorde youre God which bringe you out from vnder the burthens of the Egiptians.
• Gen 48:4 : 4 and sayde vnto me: beholde I will make the growe and will multiplye the and will make a great nombre of people of the and will geue this lande vnto the and vnto thy seed after ye vnto an euerlastinge possession.
• Gen 15:7-9 : 7 And he sayde vnto hym: I am the LORde that brought the out of Vrin Chaldea to geue the this lande to possesse it. 8 And he sayde: LORde God whereby shall I knowe that I shall possesse it? 9 And he sayde vnto him: take an heyfer of.iij. yere olde and a she gotte of thre yeres olde and a thre yere olde ram a turtill doue and a yonge pigeon. 10 And he toke all these and devyded them in the myddes and layde euery pece one over agenst a nother. But the foules devyded he not. 11 And the byrdes fell on the carcases but Abra droue the awaye. 12 And when the sonne was doune there fell a slomber apon Abram. And loo feare and greate darknesse came apon hym. 13 And he sayde vnto Abram: knowe this of a suertie that thi seed shalbe a straunger in a lande that perteyneth not vnto the. And they shall make bondmen of them and entreate them evell iiij. hundred yeares. 14 But the nation whom they shall serue wyll I iudge. And after warde shall they come out wyth greate substace. 15 Neuerthelesse thou shalt goo vnto thi fathers in peace ad shalt be buried when thou art of a good age: 16 ad in the fourth generation they shall come hyther agayne for the wekednesse of the Amorites ys not yet full. 17 When the sonne was doune and it was waxed darke: beholde there was a smokynge furnesse and a fyre brand that went betwene the sayde peces. 18 And that same daye the LORde made a covenaunte with Abram saynge: vnto thy seed wyll I geue thys londe fro the ryver of Egypte even vnto the greate ryver euphrates: 19 the kenytes the kenizites the Cadmonites 20 the Hethites the Pherezites the Raphaims 21 the Amorytes the Canaanites the Gergesites and the Iebusites.
• Gen 23:4 : 4 I am a straunger ad a foryner amonge yow geue me a possession to bury in with you that I may bury my dead oute of my sighte.
• Exod 40:15 : 15 that their anoyntige maie be an euerlastinge preasthode vnto the thorow out their generacions.
• Num 25:13 : 13 and he shall haue it and his seed after him euen the couenaunte of the preastis office for euer because he was gelous for his Gods sake and made an atonement for the childern of Israel.
• Deut 4:37 : 37 And because he loued thy fathers, therfore he chose their seed after them and broughte the out with his presence and with his myghtye power of Egipte:
• Deut 14:2 : 2 For thou art an holy people vnto the Lord thy God, ad the Lorde hath chosen the to be a seuerall people vnto him selfe, of all the nacyons that are vppon the erth.
• Deut 26:18 : 18 And the Lord hath sett the vp this daye, to be a seuerall people vnto him (as he hath promysed the) and that thou kepe his commaundmentes,
• Lev 16:34 : 34 And this shalbe an euerlastynge ordynaunce vnto you to make an atonement for the childern of Israel for all their synnes once a yere: and it was done eue as the Lorde commaunded Moses.
• Deut 32:8 : 8 Whe the most hyghest gaue the nacyons an inheritaunce, ad diuided the sonnes of Adam he put the borders of the nacions, fast by the multitude of the childern of Israel.
• Heb 9:15 : 15 And for this cause is he the mediator of ye newe testament that thorow deeth which chaunsed for the redempcion of those transgressions that were in ye fyrst testamet) they which were called myght receave the promes of eternall inheritaunce.
• Exod 21:6 : 6 Then let his master bringe him vnto the Goddes ad set him to the doore or the dorepost, ad bore his eare thorow with a naule, ad let him be his servaunte for euer.
• Exod 31:16-17 : 16 wherfore let the childern of Israel kepe the Sabbath, that they obserue it thorowe out their generacions, that it be an appoyntement for euer. 17 For it shalbe a sygne betwene me, and the childern of Israel for euer. For in sixe dayes the Lorde made heauen and erth, and the seuenth daye he rested and was refresshed.