KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
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To get what Genesis 28:9 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.”
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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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| “Then went” | וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ | To walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) | Then |
| “Esau” | עֵשָׂ֖ו | Esav, a son of Isaac, including his posterity | Esau |
| “unto” | אֶל | Near, with or among; often in general, to | unto |
| “Ishmael,” | יִשְׁמָעֵ֑אל | Jishmael, the name of Abraham's oldest son, and of five Israelites | Ishmael |
| “and took” | וַיִּקַּ֡ח | To take (in the widest variety of applications) | took |
| “unto” | עַל | Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | unto |
| “the wives” | נָשָׁ֖יו | A woman | wives |
| “which he had” | אֶֽת | Properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) | which he had |
| “Mahalath” | מָחֲלַ֣ת׀ | Machalath, the name of an Ishmaelitess and of an Israelitess | Mahalath |
| “the daughter” | בַּת | A daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively) | daughter |
| “of Ishmael” | יִשְׁמָעֵ֨אל | Jishmael, the name of Abraham's oldest son, and of five Israelites | Ishmael |
| “Abraham's” | אַבְרָהָ֜ם | Abraham, the later name of Abram | Abrahams |
| “son,” | בֶּן | A son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.) | son |
| “the sister” | אֲח֧וֹת | A sister (used very widely [like H0251], literally and figuratively) | sister |
| “of Nebajoth,” | נְבָי֛וֹת | Nebajoth, a son of Ismael, and the country settled by him | Nebajoth |
| “to be his wife.” | לְאִשָּֽׁה׃ | A woman | wife |
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7 And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan-aram;
8 And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
9 Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.
10 And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran.
11 And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.
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