Joshua Chapter 24 verse 3 Holy Bible
And I took your father Abraham from beyond the River, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.
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And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the River, guiding him through all the land of Canaan; I made his offspring great in number, and gave him Isaac.
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And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the river, and led him throughout the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed and gave him Isaac.
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And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.
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And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.
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I took your father Abraham from beyond the River, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.
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and I take your father Abraham from beyond the River, and cause him to go through all the land of Canaan, and multiply his seed, and give to him Isaac.
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(3) The flood--i.e., the river, as in Joshua 24:2; and so also in Joshua 24:15.Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewBut I tookוָ֠אֶקַּח (wā·’eq·qaḥ)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singularStrong's 3947: To takeyour fatherאֲבִיכֶ֤ם (’ă·ḇî·ḵem)Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine pluralStrong's 1: FatherAbrahamאַבְרָהָם֙ (’aḇ·rā·hām)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 85: Abraham -- 'exalted father', the father of the Jewish nationfrom beyondמֵעֵ֣בֶר (mê·‘ê·ḇer)Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular constructStrong's 5676: A region across, on the opposite sidethe Euphratesהַנָּהָ֔ר (han·nā·hār)Article | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 5104: A stream, prosperityand ledוָאוֹלֵ֥ךְ (wā·’ō·w·lêḵ)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singularStrong's 1980: To go, come, walkhimאוֹת֖וֹ (’ō·w·ṯōw)Direct object marker | third person masculine singularStrong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative casethrough allבְּכָל־ (bə·ḵāl)Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular constructStrong's 3605: The whole, all, any, everythe landאֶ֣רֶץ (’e·reṣ)Noun - feminine singular constructStrong's 776: Earth, landof Canaan,כְּנָ֑עַן (kə·nā·‘an)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 3667: Canaan -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their land West of the Jordanand I multipliedוָאַרְבֶּה֙ (wā·’ar·beh)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singularStrong's 7235: To be or become much, many or greathis descendants.זַרְע֔וֹ (zar·‘ōw)Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularStrong's 2233: Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterityI gaveוָֽאֶתֶּן־ (wā·’et·ten-)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singularStrong's 5414: To give, put, sethim Isaac,יִצְחָֽק׃ (yiṣ·ḥāq)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 3327: Isaac -- 'he laughs', son of Abraham and SarahJump to PreviousAbraham Canaan Cause Descendants Isaac Led Multiplied Multiply Offspring River Seed Side Throughout