Joshua 24:3

Joshua 24:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)But I took your father Abraham from the land beyond the Euphrates and led him throughout Canaan and gave him many descendants. I gave him Isaac,
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then I took your father Abraham from beyond the River and led him through all the land of Canaan, and made his offspring many. I gave him Isaac.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then I took your father Abraham from the other side of the River, led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his descendants and gave him Isaac.

Context of Joshua 24:3

1And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God. 2And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel: Your fathers dwelt of old on the other side of the river, Terah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor, and they served other gods. 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. 4And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau; and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; and Jacob and his sons went down into Egypt. 5And I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did among them; and afterwards I brought you out.

Joshua 24:3 word by word

וָ֠אֶקַּח אֶת־אֲבִיכֶ֤ם אֶת־אַבְרָהָם֙ מֵעֵ֣בֶר הַנָּהָ֔ר וָאוֹלֵ֥ךְ אוֹת֖וֹ בְּכָל־אֶ֣רֶץ כְּנָ֑עַן וָאַרְבֶּה֙ אֶת־זַרְע֔וֹ וָֽאֶתֶּן־ל֖וֹ אֶת־יִצְחָֽק׃Read the interlinear

• tookלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
• Abrahamאַבְרָהָם'abrâhâm · AbrahamH85
• otherעֵ֫בֶר‛êber · side: beyondH5676
• sideעֵ֫בֶר‛êber · side: beyondH5676
• riverנָהָרnâhâr · RiverH5104
• landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• Canaanכְּנַ֫עַןkena‛an · CanaanH3667
• multipliedרָבָהrâbâh · to multiplyH7235
• seedזֶ֫רַעzera‛ · seedH2233
• gaveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• Isaacיִצְחָקyitschâq · IsaacH3327

Cross-references for Joshua 24:3

• Genesis 12:1And Jehovah had said to Abram, Go out of thy land, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, to the land that I will shew thee.
• Nehemiah 9:7Thou art the Same, Jehovah Elohim, who didst choose Abram and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;
• Acts 7:2And he said, Brethren and fathers, hearken. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,
• Genesis 21:2And Sarah conceived, and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the appointed time of which God had spoken to him.
• Psalms 127:3Lo, children are an inheritance from Jehovah, [and] the fruit of the womb a reward.

Commentaries on Joshua 24:3

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3Abraham lived at Haran in Mesopotamia beyond the Euphrates with his father Terah (Genesis 11:31–32). God led him through … Canaan: See Genesis 12:1–9.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan--It was an irresistible impulse of divine grace which led the patriarch to leave his country and relatives, to migrate to Canaan, and live a "stranger and pilgrim" in that land.Read the comment

Topics related to Joshua 24:3

• Abraham
• Isaac
• Shechem

In the dictionaries

• Abraham
• Canaan
• Isaac
• Flood
• Joshua
• Serve
• Shechem
• Apostasy; Apostate
• Covenant, in the Old Testament
• Jacob (1)

Commentaries on Joshua 24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings