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genesis_21:34

Genesis 21:34

Hebrew
וַיָּ֧גָר אַבְרָהָ֛ם בְּאֶ֥רֶץplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigאֶרֶץ

hebrew

Meaning:

* Earth (e.g. Genesis 1:1) or world * Land * Countries or country

The word אֶרֶץ can designate the whole of planet earth, or the inhabitable world or the national territory or ground.

When coupled with heavens (שָׁמַיִם), the phrase indicates the entire created order.Genesis 12:1
פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים יָמִ֥ים רַבִּֽים
ESV
And Abraham sojourned many days in the land of the Philistines.
NIV
And Abraham stayed in the land of the Philistines for a long time.
NLT
And Abraham lived as a foreigner in Philistine country for a long time.
LXX
παρῴκησεν δὲplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigδέ

greek

δέ is a conjunction that can mean “but” or “and” or “also” or “moreover”. It is a word that is used very frequently in the New Testament, and is often unexpressed and not translated in English.
Αβρααμ ἐνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigἐν

greek

Preposition meaning “in”.
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greek

The definite article
γῇplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigγῆ

Meaning:

* Soil or ground (e.g. Matthew 13:5) * Land (e.g. Luke 4:5) * Country * Earth (e.g. Matthew 5:5)

Feminine noun. Connected to the English words “ground”, “geometry” and “geology”.

It occurs throughout the LXX and the New Testament (approximately 250 times in the New Testament) and its meaning varies subtly on context, for example, in the LXX:Genesis 1:1Genesis 2:7Genesis 12:1
τῶνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_big

greek

The definite article
Φυλιστιιμ ἡμέρας πολλάς
KJV
And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days.

Genesis 21:33 ← Genesis 21:34 → Genesis 22:1

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