Genesis 28:4

Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְיִֽתֶּן־לְךָ֙ אֶת־בִּרְכַּ֣ת אַבְרָהָ֔ם לְךָ֖ וּלְזַרְעֲךָ֣ אִתָּ֑ךְ לְרִשְׁתְּךָ֙ אֶת־אֶ֣רֶץ מְגֻרֶ֔יךָ אֲשֶׁר־נָתַ֥ן אֱלֹהִ֖ים לְאַבְרָהָֽם

Transliteration

wə-yitten-ləkā ʾet-birkat ʾabrāhām to-you and-to-zarʿăkā ʾittāk lərištəkā ʾet-ʾereṣ məgūrekā ʾăšer-nātan ʾĕlōhîm to-ʾabrāhām

Grammar Details

• *wə-yitten-ləkā*: waw conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular + preposition + 2nd masculine singular suffix - and may he give to you
• *ʾet-birkat*: direct object marker + noun, feminine singular construct - the blessing of
• *ʾabrāhām*: proper noun - Abraham
• *zarʿăkā*: noun, masculine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your seed/offspring
• *ʾittāk*: preposition + 2nd masculine singular suffix - with you
• *lərištəkā*: preposition + qal infinitive construct + 2nd masculine singular suffix - for your possessing
• *ʾet-ʾereṣ*: direct object marker + noun, feminine singular construct - the land of
• *məgūrekā*: noun, masculine plural construct + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your sojournings
• *ʾăšer-nātan*: relative pronoun + qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - which gave
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: noun, masculine plural - God

Word Meanings

• *yitten*: give/grant/bestow
• *birkat*: blessing/gift/empowerment
• *zarʿăkā*: your seed/your offspring/your descendants
• *lərištəkā*: for your possessing/for your inheriting/to possess
• *ʾereṣ*: land/earth/territory
• *məgūrekā*: your sojournings/your temporary dwellings/your alien residences
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: God/gods/divine beings (plural form with singular meaning)

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 13:14-17 : 14 And the LORde sayed vnto Abram after that Lot was departed from hym: lyfte vp thyne eyes and loke from ye place where thou art northward southward eastward and westward 15 for all the lande which thou seiste wyll I gyue vnto the and to thy seed for ever. 16 And I wyll make thy seed as the dust of the erth: so that yf a ma can nombre the dust of the erth than shall thy seed also be nombred. 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 15:5-7 : 5 And he brought him out at the doores ad sayde. Loke vpp vnto heaven and tell the starres yf thou be able to nobre them. And sayde vnto him Even so shall thy seed be. 6 And Abram beleved the LORde and it was counted to him for rightwesnes. 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.
• Gen 15:18-21 : 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 17:6-8 : 6 and I will multiplye the excedyngly and wyll make nations of the: yee and kynges shall sprynge out of the. 7 Moreover I will make my bonde betwene me and the and thy seed after the in their tymes to be an everlastynge testament So that I wyll be God vnto the and to thy seed after the. 8 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.
• Gen 22:17-18 : 17 that I will blesse th and multiplye thy seed as the starres of heaven and as the sonde vpo the seesyde. And thy seed shall possesse the gates of hys enymies. 18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed because thou hast obeyed my voyce.
• Rom 4:7-8 : 7 Blessed are they whose vnrightewesnes are forgeven and whose synnes are covered. 8 Blessed is that ma to whom the Lorde imputeth not synne.
• Gal 3:8 : 8 For the seripture sawe afore honde yt God wolde iustifie the hethen thorow fayth and therfore shewed before honde glad tydinges vnto Abraham: In the shall all nacions be blessed.
• Gal 3:14 : 14 that the blessynge of Abraham might come on the getyls thorow Iesus Christ and that we might receave the promes of the sprete thorow fayth.
• Eph 1:3 : 3 Blessed be God the father of oure LORde Iesus Christ which hath blessed vs with all maner of spirituall blessinges in hevely thynges by Chryst
• Heb 11:9-9 : 9 By fayth he removed into the londe yt was promysed him as into a straunge countre and dwelt in tabernacles: and so dyd Isaac and Iacob heyres with him of the same promes. 10 For he loked for a citie havinge a foundacio whose bylder and maker is God. 11 Thorow fayth Sara also receaved stregth to be with chylde and was delivered of a chylde when she was past age because she iudged him faythfull which had promysed. 12 And therfore spronge therof one (and of one which was as good as deed) so many in multitude as the starres of ye skye and as the sond of the see shore which is innumerable. 13 And they all dyed in fayth and receaved not the promyses: but sawe them a farre of and beleved them and saluted them: and confessed that they were straungers and pilgrems on the erthe.
• Gen 12:1-3 : 1 Then the LORde sayd vnto Abra Gett the out of thy contre and from thy kynred and out of thy fathers house into a londe which I wyll shewe the. 2 And I wyll make of the a myghtie people and wyll blesse the and make thy name grete that thou mayst be a blessinge. 3 And I wyll blesse the that blesse the ad curse the that curse the. And in the shall be blessed all the generations of the erth.