Genesis 27:39 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGenesis 27:39 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 →
וַיַּ֛עַן
ʻânâh
H6030
to answer
יִצְחָ֥ק
Yitschâq
H3327
Isaac
אָבִ֖יו
ʼâb
H1
father
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
אֵלָ֑יו
ʼêl
H413
to
הִנֵּ֞ה
hinnêh
H2009
behold
מִשְׁמַנֵּ֤י
mashmân
H4924
fatness
הָאָ֨רֶץ֙
ʼerets
H776
land
יִהְיֶ֣ה
hâyâh
H1961
to be
מֽוֹשָׁבֶ֔ךָ
môwshâb
H4186
dwelling place
וּמִטַּ֥ל
ṭal
H2919
dew
הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם
shâmayim
H8064
heaven
מֵעָֽל
ʻal
H5921
upon
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
Isaac his father answered him, "Behold, of the fatness of the earth will be your dwelling, and of the dew of the sky from above.
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King James Version Public Domain
And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above;
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Then Isaac his father responded and said to him, “Behold, your dwelling will be away from the fatness of the earth and away from the dew of the heavens from above.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).