Genesis 26:28 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGenesis 26:28 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ
ʼâmar
H559
to say
רָא֣וֹ
râʼâh
H7200
to see
רָאִינוּ֮
râʼâh
H7200
to see
כִּֽי
kîy
H3588
that
הָיָ֣ה
hâyâh
H1961
to be
יְהוָ֣ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
עִמָּךְ֒
ʻim
H5973
with
וַנֹּ֗אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
תְּהִ֨י
hâyâh
H1961
to be
נָ֥א
nâʼ
H4994
please
אָלָ֛ה
ʼâlâh
H423
oath
בֵּינוֹתֵ֖ינוּ
bêyn
H996
between
בֵּינֵ֣ינוּ
bêyn
H996
between
וּבֵינֶ֑ךָ
bêyn
H996
between
וְנִכְרְתָ֥ה
kârath
H3772
to cut
בְרִ֖ית
bᵉrîyth
H1285
covenant
עִמָּֽךְ
ʻim
H5973
with
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World English Bible Public Domain
They said, "We saw plainly that Yahweh was with you. We said, 'Let there now be an oath between us, even between us and you, and let us make a covenant with you,
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King James Version Public Domain
And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And they said, “We have clearly seen that Yahweh has been with you, so we said, ‘There should be an oath between us’—between us and you. So let us cut a covenant with you,
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).