And I gaveוָאֶתֵּןto IsaacלְיִצְחָקJacobיַעֲקֹבand Esau.וְאֶת עֵשָׂוAnd I gaveוָאֶתֵּןto EsauלְעֵשָׂוMountהַרSeirשֵׂעִירto take possessionלָרֶשֶׁתof it,אוֹתוֹwhile Jacobוְיַעֲקֹבand his sonsוּבָנָיוwent downיָרְדוּto Egypt.מִצְרָיִם
Joshua 24:4
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 24:4, word by word
- And I gaveאֶתֵּןeten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “eten” appears- to Isaacיִצְחָקyitschak
Isaac
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” appears- Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears- and Esauעֵשָׂוesav
Esau
Esau, the elder son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob; also called Edom, father of the Edomites. The name also stands for his descendants.
Where else “esav” appears- Mountהַרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears- Seirשֵׂעִירseir
Seir
Seir, the hill country south of the Dead Sea, later the land of Edom; also its first inhabitants, and a mountain in Judah.
Where else “seir” appears- to take possessionרֶשֶׁתreshet
possess
To occupy a land and make it one's own.
Where else “reshet” appears- and his sonsבָנָיvanay
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vanay” appears- went downיָרְדוּyardu
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “yardu” appears- to Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
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Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
3And 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.
4 · This verse (above)
5And I sent Moses and Aaron, and I struck Egypt with what I did in its midst; and afterward I brought out you.