Joshua 24:4

“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.”

Joshua 24:4 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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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).

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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.

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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.

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Mountהַרhar

mountain

A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.

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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.

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to take possessionרֶשֶׁתreshet

possess

To occupy a land and make it one's own.

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and his sonsבָנָיvanay

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

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went downיָרְדוּyardu

go down

To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.

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to Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim

Egypt, Mizraim

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Places in this verse

JerusalemEgypt
Approximate location. A “?” means it is not known for sure where it was.
  • 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).

    Genesis 12:10Genesis 37:28Exodus 12:41Matthew 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.

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