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Genesis 24:4

Hebrew
כִּ֧י אֶל אַרְצִ֛יplugin-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
וְאֶל מוֹלַדְתִּ֖י תֵּלֵ֑ךְ וְלָקַחְתָּ֥ אִשָּׁ֖ה לִבְנִ֥י לְיִצְחָֽק
ESV
but will go to my country and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son Isaac.“
NIV
but will go to my country and my own relatives and get a wife for my son Isaac.“
NLT
Go instead to my homeland, to my relatives, and find a wife there for my son Isaac.“
LXX
ἀλλὰ εἰς τὴνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_big

greek

The definite article
γῆνplugin-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
μου οὗ ἐγενόμην πορεύσῃ καὶplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigκαί

greek

Meaning

* And * Also * Both * Even * Too * So

Is a conjunction that connects single words or terms or sentences. IT is most frequently translated as “and”
εἰς τὴνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_big

greek

The definite article
φυλήν μου καὶplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigκαί

greek

Meaning

* And * Also * Both * Even * Too * So

Is a conjunction that connects single words or terms or sentences. IT is most frequently translated as “and”
λήμψῃ γυναῖκα τῷplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_big

greek

The definite article
υἱῷ μου Ισαακ ἐκεῖθεν
KJV
But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.

Genesis 24:3 ← Genesis 24:4 → Genesis 24:5

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