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forכִּיallאֶת כָּלthe landהָאָרֶץthatאֲשֶׁרyouאַתָּהseeרֹאֶהI will give itאֶתְּנֶנָּהto youלְךָand to your offspringוּלְזַרְעֲךָforever.עַד עוֹלָם
Genesis 13:15
Study it in the app“for all the land that you see I will give it to you and to your offspring forever.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 13:15, word by word
- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- seeרֹאֶהroe
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “roe” appears- I will give itאֶתְּנֶetne
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “etne” appears- and to your offspringזַרְעֲzara
offspring
The children, grandchildren and whole line that come from someone.
Where else “zara” appears- foreverעוֹלָםolam
forever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appears
The context
14YHWH said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, “Lift up now your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward;
15 · This verse (above)
16I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone can count the dust of the earth, your offspring also can be counted.
To study Genesis 13 in a group
1. What it says
How did Abram settle the conflict with Lot, and which place did each one choose (vv. 8-12)?
2. What it means
What does it show about Abram that he let Lot choose the land first (vv. 8-9)?
3. How I live it
How can you yield in a disagreement today in order to protect a relationship?