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I alsoוְגַםestablishedהֲקִמֹתִיmy covenantאֶת בְּרִיתִיwith themאִתָּםto giveלָתֵתthemלָהֶםthe landאֶת אֶרֶץof Canaan,כְּנָעַןthe landאֵת אֶרֶץof their residence as aliens,מְגֻרֵיהֶםin whichאֲשֶׁר בָהּthey resided as aliens.גָּרוּ
Exodus 6:4
Study it in the app“I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their residence as aliens, in which they resided as aliens.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 6:4, word by word
- establishedהֲקִמֹתִיhakimoti
establish
To put something up, or confirm a covenant.
Where else “hakimoti” appears- my covenantבְּרִיתִberiti
covenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “beriti” appears- to giveתֵתtet
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “tet” appears- the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Canaanכְּנָעַןkenaan
Canaan
See it on the mapWhere else “kenaan” appears- of their residence as aliensמְגֻרֵיmegure
sojourning
The place where someone lives as a foreigner, without land of his own; a temporary dwelling.
Where else “megure” appears- they resided as aliensגָּרוּgaru
sojourn
To live in a place that is not your own.
Where else “garu” appears
Places in this verse
Canaan
Today: Israel, West Bank, Gaza, Lebanon, western Syria
The land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, today Israel, Palestine and parts of Lebanon.
God promised this land to Abraham and his descendants (Gen 17:8). Israel entered it after forty years in the wilderness (Josh 5:12).
The context
3I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as El Shaddai, but by my name, YHWH, I did not make myself known to them.
4 · This verse (above)
5And I have also heard the groaning of the sons of Israel, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered my covenant.