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Abrahamאַבְרָהָםsaid,וַיֹּאמֶר“Iאָנֹכִיwill swear.”אִשָּׁבֵעַ
Genesis 21:24
Study it in the app“Abraham said, “I will swear.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 21:24, word by word
- Abrahamאַבְרָהָםavraham
Abraham
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” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- will swearאִשָּׁבֵעַishavea
swear
To promise with God as witness.
Where else “ishavea” appears
The context
23So now, swear to me here by Elohim that you will not deal falsely with me or with my children or with my descendants. As the loyal love that I have shown you, so you will show me and the land in which you have resided as an alien.”
24 · This verse (above)
25But Abraham reproached Abimelech about a well of water that the servants of Abimelech had seized.
To study Genesis 21 in a group
1. What it says
What happened when Isaac was born, and what did Sarah say (vv. 1-7)?
2. What it means
What does it show about Elohim’s care that he heard the voice of the boy in the wilderness (vv. 17-19)?
3. How I live it
Whom that seems to be pushed aside can you give time and attention today?