Study it in the app“Reside as an alien in this land, and I will be with you and bless you, for to you and to your offspring I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath that I swore to Abraham your father.”
Reside as an alienגּוּרin thisהַזֹּאתland,בָּאָרֶץand I will beוְאֶהְיֶהwith youעִמְּךָand bless you,וַאֲבָרְכֶךָּforכִּיto youלְךָand to your offspringוּלְזַרְעֲךָI will giveאֶתֵּןallאֶת כָּלtheseהָאֵלlands,הָאֲרָצֹתand I will establishוַהֲקִמֹתִיthe oathאֶת הַשְּׁבֻעָהthatאֲשֶׁרI sworeנִשְׁבַּעְתִּיto Abrahamלְאַבְרָהָםyour father.אָבִיךָ
sojourn
To live in a place that is not your own.
Where else “gur” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “ehye” appearsbless
God gives good things: life, children, harvests.
Where else “avarche” appearsoffspring
The children, grandchildren and whole line that come from someone.
Where else “zara” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “eten” appearsthese
These, those.
Where else “el” appearsestablish
To put something up, or confirm a covenant.
Where else “hakimoti” appearsoath
Oath: a solemn promise sworn in someone's name.
Where else “shevua” appearsswear
To promise with God as witness.
Where else “nishbati” 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” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears2YHWH appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; dwell in the land that I tell you.
3 · This verse (above)
4I will multiply your offspring as the stars of the heavens and will give to your offspring all these lands; and through your offspring all the nations of the earth will bless themselves,
1. What it says
What did YHWH promise Isaac, and what happened with the wells he dug (vv. 2-5, 18-22)?
2. What it means
What did Isaac say when he named the well Rehoboth, the one they did not quarrel over, and what does that show about his attitude (vv. 20-22)?
3. How I live it
How can you respond with peace the next time someone disputes something that is yours?
