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But alsoוְגַםthe nationאֶת הַגּוֹיthatאֲשֶׁרthey serveיַעֲבֹדוּIאָנֹכִיwill judge,דָּןand afterwardוְאַחֲרֵי כֵןthey will come outיֵצְאוּwith greatבִּ גָּדוֹלpossessions.רְכֻשׁ
Genesis 15:14
Study it in the app“But also the nation that they serve I will judge, and afterward they will come out with great possessions.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 15:14, word by word
- the nationגּוֹיgoy
nation
A people with their land; also Israel.
Where else “goy” appears- they serveיַעֲבֹדוּyaavodu
serve
To serve a person.
Where else “yaavodu” appears- will judgeדָּןdan
judge
To decide with authority who is in the right and to govern justly.
Where else “dan” appears- they will come outיֵצְאוּyetsu
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetsu” appears- with greatגָּדוֹלgadol
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” appears- possessionsרְכֻשׁrechush
possessions
Goods, possessions, property.
Where else “rechush” appears
The context
13Then he said to Abram, “Know for certain that your offspring will be resident aliens in a land that is not theirs, and they will serve them, and they will afflict them four hundred years.
14 · This verse (above)
15As for you, you will go to your fathers in peace; you will be buried at a good old age.
To study Genesis 15 in a group
1. What it says
What did YHWH promise Abram about his descendants, and how did Abram respond (vv. 5-6)?
2. What it means
What relation does the text show between Abram’s faith and its being counted to him as righteousness (v. 6)?
3. How I live it
Which promise of Elohim is hard for you to believe today, and how can you talk with him about it?