Study it in the app“The angel of YHWH went up from Gilgal to Bochim and said, “I brought you up from Egypt and brought you into the land that I swore to your fathers, and I said, ‘I will never break my covenant with you;”
The angelמַלְאַךְof YHWHיְהוָהwent upוַיַּעַלfromמִןGilgalהַגִּלְגָּלtoאֶלBochimהַבֹּכִיםand said,וַיֹּאמֶר“I brought you upאַעֲלֶה אֶתְכֶםfrom Egyptמִמִּצְרַיִםand brought youוָאָבִיא אֶתְכֶםintoאֶלthe landהָאָרֶץthatאֲשֶׁרI sworeנִשְׁבַּעְתִּיto your fathers,לַאֲבֹתֵיכֶםand I said,וָאֹמַר‘I will neverלֹא לְעוֹלָםbreakאָפֵרmy covenantבְּרִיתִיwith you;אִתְּכֶם
angel
A messenger from God, a heavenly being.
Where else “malach” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsgo up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “yaal” appearsGilgal
See it on the mapWhere else “gilgal” appearsBochim
Bochim: the place where the people wept on hearing the messenger of YHWH. Its name means "weepers."
Where else “bochim” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsEgypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appearsbring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “avi” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appearsswear
To promise with God as witness.
Where else “nishbati” appearsforefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appearsnever
With "not": at no time.
Where else “olam” appearsannul
To void a covenant or vow; spoil a plan.
Where else “afer” appearscovenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “beriti” appears1Gilgal ?
Today: disputed; near Jericho, West Bank
A place near Jericho in the Jordan valley; the exact site is not certain.
Israel camped there after crossing the Jordan and set up twelve stones (Josh 4:19-20). Saul was confirmed as king there (1 Sam 11:15).
2Egypt
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).
1 · This verse (above)
2and you, you shall not make a covenant with the inhabitants of this land; their altars you shall tear down.’ But you have not listened to my voice. What is this you have done?
