Study it in the app“And I took your father Abraham from beyond the River Euphrates and led him through all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his offspring, and gave him Isaac.”
And I tookוָאֶקַּחyour fatherאֲבִיכֶםAbrahamאֶת אַבְרָהָםfrom beyondמֵעֵבֶרthe RiverהַנָּהָרEuphratesand ledוָאוֹלֵךְhimאוֹתוֹthrough allבְּכָלthe landאֶרֶץof Canaan,כְּנָעַןand multipliedוָאַרְבֶּהhis offspring,זַרְעוֹand gaveוָאֶתֶּןhimלוֹIsaac.יִצְחָק
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “ekach” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” 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” appearsbeyond
Past the river, especially the Jordan.
Where else “ever” appearsriver
River, stream; above all the Euphrates ("the River") or the Nile.
Where else “nahar” appearslead
To lead someone to another place, or to bring him along.
Where else “olech” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appearsCanaan
See it on the mapWhere else “kenaan” appearsmultiply
To grow in number.
Where else “arbe” appearsoffspring
The children, grandchildren and whole line that come from someone.
Where else “zar” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “eten” appearsIsaac
Isaac, the son promised to Abraham and Sarah, father of Esau and Jacob. His name means "he laughs" (Genesis 17:17, 19; 21:6).
Where else “yitschak” appearsCanaan
Today: Israel, West Bank, Gaza, Lebanon, western Syria
The land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, today Israel, Palestine and parts of Lebanon.
God promised this land to Abraham and his descendants (Gen 17:8). Israel entered it after forty years in the wilderness (Josh 5:12).
2And Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says YHWH, the Elohim of Israel: ‘Beyond the River Euphrates your fathers lived long ago, Terah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor, and they served other gods.
3 · This verse (above)
4And I gave to Isaac Jacob and Esau. And I gave to Esau Mount Seir to take possession of it, while Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.
