KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Genesis 26:24 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“And the Lord appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “And the Lord” | יְהוָה֙ | (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God | Lord |
| “appeared” | וַיֵּרָ֨א | To see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative) | appeared |
| “unto” | אֵלָ֤יו | Near, with or among; often in general, to | unto |
| “him the same” | הַה֔וּא | He (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are | same |
| “night,” | בַּלַּ֣יְלָה | Properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e., night; figuratively, adversity | night |
| “and said,” | וַיֹּ֕אמֶר | To say (used with great latitude) | said |
| “I” | אָֽנֹכִ֕י | I | I |
| “am” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “the God” | אֱלֹהֵ֖י | Gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative | God |
| “of Abraham” | אַבְרָהָ֣ם | Abraham, the later name of Abram | Abraham |
| “thy father:” | אָבִ֑יךָ | Father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application | father |
| “fear” | תִּירָא֙ | To fear; morally to revere; causatively to frighten | fear |
| “not,” | אַל | Not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing | not |
| “for” | כִּֽי | (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed | for |
| “I” | אָנֹ֔כִי | I | I |
| “am” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “with” | אִתְּךָ֣ | Properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc | with |
| “thee, and will bless” | וּבֵֽרַכְתִּ֙יךָ֙ | To kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason) | bless |
| “thee, and multiply” | וְהִרְבֵּיתִ֣י | To increase (in whatever respect) | multiply |
| “thy seed” | זַרְעֲךָ֔ | Seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity | seed |
| “for” | בַּֽעֲב֖וּר | Properly, crossed, i.e., (abstractly) transit; used only adverbially, on account of, in order that | for |
| “my servant” | עַבְדִּֽי׃ | A servant | servant |
| “Abraham's” | אַבְרָהָ֥ם | Abraham, the later name of Abram | Abrahams |
| “sake.” | אַבְרָהָ֥ם | Abraham, the later name of Abram | sake |
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22 And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the Lord hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.
23 And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba.
24 And the Lord appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake.
25 And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the Lord, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a well.
26 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.
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