Study it in the app“For I have known him, so that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of YHWH by doing righteousness and justice, so that YHWH may bring upon Abraham what he has spoken about him.””
God counts on Abraham to charge his household to keep the way of YHWHParents and Children
ForכִּיI have known him,יְדַעְתִּיוso thatלְמַעַן אֲשֶׁרhe may commandיְצַוֶּהhis childrenאֶת בָּנָיוand his householdוְאֶת בֵּיתוֹafter himאַחֲרָיוto keepוְשָׁמְרוּthe wayדֶּרֶךְof YHWHיְהוָהby doingלַעֲשׂוֹתrighteousnessצְדָקָהand justice,וּמִשְׁפָּטso thatלְמַעַןYHWHיְהוָהmay bringהָבִיאupon Abrahamעַל אַבְרָהָםwhatאֵת אֲשֶׁרhe has spokenדִּבֶּרabout him.”עָלָיו
know a person
To know someone.
Where else “yedati” appearscommand
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “yetsave” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “banay” appearshousehold
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “bet” appearskeep
To obey the covenant or the commands.
Where else “shamru” appearsways of YHWH
YHWH's ways: what he does and commands.
Where else “derech” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asot” appearsrighteous deeds
Doing what is just, upright deeds.
Where else “tsedaka” appearsjustice
What is right and fair.
Where else “mishpat” appearsbring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “havi” appearsAbraham
Abraham, the name God gave to Abram; it sounds like "father of a multitude" (Genesis 17:5). The father of the people of Israel, to whom God promised the land and blessing for all the families of the earth.
Where else “avraham” appearsspeak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “diber” appears18since Abraham will surely become a great and mighty nation, and in him all the nations of the earth will be blessed?
19 · This verse (above)
20Then YHWH said, “The outcry of Sodom and Gomorrah is indeed great, and their sin is indeed very grave.
1. What it says
What did Abraham do when he saw the three men, and what did they announce about Sarah (vv. 2-10)?
2. What it means
What does the question “Is anything too difficult for YHWH?” teach (v. 14)?
3. How I live it
Whom can you welcome this week to your home or table with Abraham’s generosity?
