Genesis 35 · Verse 12

Genesis 35:12

And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.
Genesis 35:12, King James Version

Genesis 35:12 in other translations

BSBThe land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give this land to your descendants after you.”
WEBThe land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give it to you, and to your offspring after you I will give the land.”
ASVand the land which I gave unto Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.
YLTand the land which I have given to Abraham and to Isaac--to thee I give it, yea to thy seed after thee I give the land.'
DARBYAnd the land that I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.
BBEAnd the land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give to you; and to your seed after you I will give the land.
WebsterAnd the land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.

What does Genesis 35:12 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 35:6-15

The comfort the saints have in holy ordinances, is not so much from Beth-el, the house of God, as from El-beth-el, the God of the house. The ordinances are empty things, if we do not meet with God in them. There Jacob buried Deborah, Rebekah's nurse. She died much lamented. Old servants in a family, that have in their time been faithful and useful, ought to be respected. God appeared to Jacob. He renewed the…

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Genesis 35:12 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
הָאָ֗רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834
נָתַ֛תִּיna.Ta.tiI gaveH5414
לְאַבְרָהָ֥םle.'av.ra.Hamto AbrahamH85
וּלְיִצְחָ֖קu.le.yitz.Chakand to IsaacH3327
לְךָ֣le.Khato <the> you
אֶתְּנֶ֑נָּה'et.te.Ne.nahI will give itH5414
וּֽלְזַרְעֲךָ֥u.le.zar.'a.Khaand to offspring yourH2233
אַחֲרֶ֖יךָ'a.cha.Rei.khaafter youH310
אֶתֵּ֥ן'e.TenI will giveH5414
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הָאָֽרֶץ\׃ha.'A.retzthe landH776

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Cross references for Genesis 35:12

  • Genesis 12:7

    And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the Lord, who appeared unto him.

  • Genesis 28:13

    And, behold, the Lord stood above it, and said, I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;

  • Genesis 26:3-4

    Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father; And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;

  • Genesis 48:4

    And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.

  • Genesis 13:14-17

    And the Lord said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever. And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered. Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.

  • Joshua 6:1-21

    Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in. And the Lord said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour. And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days. And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams’ horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets. …

  • Genesis 15:18

    In the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:

  • Exodus 3:8

    And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

  • Nehemiah 13:1-31

    On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever; Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing. Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude. And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of the chamber of the house of our God, was allied unto Tobiah: …

  • Genesis 28:3-4

    And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people; And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.

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the land.
12:7; 13:14-17; 15:18; 26:3,4; 28:3,4,13; 48:4; Ex 3:8; Jos 6:1-21:45
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Ne 13:1-31

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Context

  • Genesis 35:11

    And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;

  • Genesis 35:12

    And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.

  • Genesis 35:13

    And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him.

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Genesis 35:12 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y la tierra que yo he dado á Abraham y á Isaac, la daré á ti: y á tu simiente después de ti daré la tierra.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et le pays que j’ai donné à Abraham et à Isaac, je te le donnerai, et je donnerai le pays à ta semence après toi.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und das Land, das ich Abraham und Isaak gegeben habe, dir will ich es geben, und deinem Samen nach dir will ich das Land geben.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
terramque quam dedi Abraham et Isaac, dabo tibi et semini tuo post te.