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Get up,קוּםwalk throughהִתְהַלֵּךְthe landבָּאָרֶץalong its lengthלְאָרְכָּהּand along its width,וּלְרָחְבָּהּforכִּיto youלְךָI will give it.”אֶתְּנֶנָּה
Genesis 13:17
Study it in the app“Get up, walk through the land along its length and along its width, for to you I will give it.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 13:17, word by word
- Get upקוּםkum
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “kum” appears- walk throughהִתְהַלֵּךְhithalech
roam
To move about with no fixed course, roaming a place.
Where else “hithalech” appears- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- along its lengthאָרְכָּarka
length
Length: "the length and the breadth".
Where else “arka” appears- and along its widthרָחְבָּrachba
width
Width, breadth.
Where else “rachba” 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
The context
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.
17 · This verse (above)
18So Abram moved his tent and came and lived by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and he built there an altar to YHWH.
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?