Genesis 22
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Genesis 22:16-24

16and saidH559, “1By Myself I have swornH7650, declaresH5002 the LordH3068, becauseH3588H3282 you have doneH6213 thisH2088 thingH1697 and have not withheldH2820 your sonH1121, your onlyH3173 son, 17indeedH3588 I will greatlyH1288 blessH1288 you, and I will greatlyH7235 2multiplyH7235 your 3seedH2233 as the starsH3556 of the heavensH8064 and as 4the sandH2344 whichH834 is on the seashoreH3220H8193; and 5your 6seedH2233 shall possessH3423 the gateH8179 of 7their enemiesH340. 188In your 9seedH2233 allH3605 the nationsH1471 of the earthH776 shall 10be blessedH1288, becauseH6118H834 you have 11obeyedH8085 My voiceH6963.” 1912So AbrahamH85 returnedH7725 to his youngH5288 menH5288, and they aroseH6965 and wentH1980 togetherH3164 to BeershebaH884; and AbrahamH85 livedH3427 at BeershebaH884.

20Now it cameH1961 about afterH310 theseH428 thingsH1697, that it was toldH5046 AbrahamH85, sayingH559, “BeholdH2009, 13MilcahH4435 14alsoH1571 has borneH3205 childrenH1121 to your brotherH251 NahorH5152: 21UzH5780 his firstbornH1060 and BuzH938 his brotherH251 and KemuelH7055 the fatherH1 of AramH758 22and ChesedH3777 and HazoH2375 and PildashH6394 and JidlaphH3044 and BethuelH1328.” 23BethuelH1328 15becameH3205 the fatherH3205 of 16RebekahH7259; theseH428 eightH8083 MilcahH4435 boreH3205 to NahorH5152, Abraham’sH85 brotherH251. 24His concubineH6370, whose nameH8034 was ReumahH7208, 17alsoH1571 boreH3205 TebahH2875 and GahamH1514 and TahashH8477 and MaacahH4601.

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 22:16 Ps 105:9; Luke 1:73; Heb 6:13, 14 ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 22:17 Gen 15:5; 26:4; Jer 33:22; Heb 11:12 ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 22:17 Or descendants ↩
  4. 4. Genesis 22:17 Gen 32:12 ↩
  5. 5. Genesis 22:17 Gen 24:60 ↩
  6. 6. Genesis 22:17 Or descendants ↩
  7. 7. Genesis 22:17 Lit his ↩
  8. 8. Genesis 22:18 Gen 12:3; 18:18; Acts 3:25; Gal 3:8, 16 ↩
  9. 9. Genesis 22:18 Or descendants ↩
  10. 10. Genesis 22:18 Or bless themselves ↩
  11. 11. Genesis 22:18 Gen 18:19; 22:3, 10; 26:5 ↩
  12. 12. Genesis 22:19 Gen 22:5 ↩
  13. 13. Genesis 22:20 Gen 11:29 ↩
  14. 14. Genesis 22:20 Lit she also ↩
  15. 15. Genesis 22:23 Lit begot ↩
  16. 16. Genesis 22:23 Gen 24:15 ↩
  17. 17. Genesis 22:24 Lit she also ↩

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