Genesis 32:4

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Bible > Genesis > Chapter 32 > Verse 4

Genesis 32:4


← Genesis 32:3 Genesis 32:4 (KJV) Genesis 32:5 →
And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now:
And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And he commandedH6680 them, sayingH559, Thus shall ye speakH559 unto my lordH113 EsauH6215; Thy servantH5650 JacobH3290 saithH559 thus, I have sojournedH1481 with LabanH3837, and stayed thereH309 until now:


Original Hebrew

וַיְצַו אֹתָם לֵאמֹר כֹּה תֹאמְרוּן לַאדֹנִי לְעֵשָׂו כֹּה אָמַר עַבְדְּךָ יַעֲקֹב עִם־לָבָן גַּרְתִּי וָאֵחַר עַד־עָתָּה׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
וַ/יְצַ֤ו
va/y.Tzav H6680 HC/Vpw3ms and/ he commanded
אֹתָ/ם֙
'o.Ta/m H853 HTo/Sp3mp (obj.)/ them
לֵ/אמֹ֔ר
le./Mor H559 HR/Vqc (to)/ saying
כֹּ֣ה
koh H3541 HD thus
תֹאמְר֔וּ/ן
tom.Ru/n H559 HVqi2mp/Sn you will say/ !
לַֽ/אדֹנִ֖/י
la./do.N/i H113 HR/Ncmsc/Sp1cs to/ lord/ my
לְ/עֵשָׂ֑ו
le./'e.Sav H6215 HR/Np to/ Esau
כֹּ֤ה
koh H3541 HD thus
אָמַר֙
'a.Mar H559 HVqp3ms he says
עַבְדְּ/ךָ֣
'av.de./Kha H5650 HNcmsc/Sp2ms servant/ your
יַעֲקֹ֔ב
ya.'a.Ko H3290 HNp Jacob
עִם
'im- H5973 HR with
לָבָ֣ן
la.Van H3837 HNp Laban
גַּ֔רְתִּי
Gar.ti H1481 HVqp1cs I have sojourned
וָ/אֵחַ֖ר
va./'e.Char H309 HC/Vqw1cs and/ I have delayed
עַד
'ad- H5704 HR until
עָֽתָּה
'A.tah H6258 HD now
Strong's References
  • H113 — אָדוֹן (ʼâdôwn, aw-done'): or (shortened) אָדֹן (ʼâdôn); from an unused root (meaning to rule); sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine); lord, master, owner. Compare also names beginning with 'Adoni-'.
  • H309 — אָחַר (ʼâchar, aw-khar'): a primitive root; to loiter (i.e. be behind); by implication to procrastinate; continue, defer, delay, hinder, be late (slack), stay (there), tarry (longer).
  • H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
  • H1481 — גּוּר (gûwr, goor): a primitive root; properly, to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other purpose), i.e. sojourn (as a guest); also to shrink, fear (as in a strange place); also to gather forhostility (as afraid); abide, assemble, be afraid, dwell, fear, gather (together), inhabitant, remain, sojourn, stand in awe, (be) stranger, [idiom] surely.
  • H3290 — יַעֲקֹב (Yaʻăqôb, yah-ak-obe'): from עָקַב (ʻâqab) H6117; heel-catcher (i.e. supplanter); Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch; Jacob.
  • H3837 — לָבָן (Lâbân, law-bawn'): the same as לָבָן (lâbân) H3836; Laban, a Mesopotamian; also a place in the Desert; Laban.
  • H5650 — עֶבֶד (ʻebed, eh'-bed): from עָבַד (ʻâbad) H5647; a servant; [idiom] bondage, bondman, (bond-) servant, (man-) servant.
  • H6215 — עֵשָׂו (ʻÊsâv, ay-sawv'): apparently a form of the passive participle of עָשָׂה (ʻâsâh) H6213 in the original sense of handling; rough (i.e. sensibly felt); Esav, a son of Isaac, including his posterity; Esau.
  • H6680 — צָוָה (tsâvâh, tsaw-vaw'): a primitive root; (intensively) to constitute, enjoin; appoint, (for-) bid, (give a) charge, (give a, give in, send with) command(-er, -ment), send a messenger, put, (set) in order.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

  • H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת (ʼôwth) H226 in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
  • H3541 — כֹּה (kôh, ko): from the prefix k and הוּא (hûwʼ) H1931; properly, like this, i.e. by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now; also, here, + hitherto, like, on the other side, so (and much), such, on that manner, (on) this (manner, side, way, way and that way), + mean while, yonder.
  • H5704 — עַד (ʻad, ad): properly, the same as עַד (ʻad) H5703 (used as a preposition, adverb or conjunction; especially with a preposition); as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with); against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-) to, [phrase] how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, ([phrase] as) yet.
  • H5973 — עִם (ʻim, eem): from עָמַם (ʻâmam) H6004; adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English); accompanying, against, and, as ([idiom] long as), before, beside, by (reason of), for all, from (among, between), in, like, more than, of, (un-) to, with(-al).
  • H6258 — עַתָּה (ʻattâh, at-taw'): from עֵת (ʻêth) H6256; at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive; henceforth, now, straightway, this time, whereas.
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