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אֲשֶׁר (a.sher)

a.sher

which; in which; whence; as which

H0834 · Hebrew · Old Testament · 3,947 verses

H:RelP

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Language
Biblical Hebrew
Testament
Old Testament
Occurrences
3,947 verses
Root
—
Part of speech
H:RelP

Word Overview

The word asher is the most frequent connector in the Hebrew Bible, appearing nearly four thousand times across books like Genesis and Jeremiah. It functions primarily as a relative pronoun, translating to "which," "who," or "that." Its basic job is simple: it links a descriptive clause back to a noun mentioned earlier, allowing the text to add detail without starting a new sentence.

Beyond its role as a pointer, asher acts as a versatile conjunction. It can introduce time ("when"), cause ("since"), or condition ("if"). For example, in Deuteronomy, it often connects actions to their consequences, such as linking obedience to blessing. The sources note that prefixes change its meaning: ba’asher means "in that which," and k’asher means "according as" or "just as." This flexibility lets the biblical writers weave complex thoughts together smoothly.

Its sheer volume makes it a structural backbone of Hebrew narrative and poetry. Rather than using distinct words for every logical relationship, the authors rely on asher to create flow. Translators must choose between "that," "who," or "when" based on context, ensuring the English sentence retains the original connection between ideas.

Based on public-domain lexicons (Strong's, Thayer, Gesenius, Brown-Driver-Briggs and others).

What This Word Means for Your Faith

The word asher acts as a quiet bridge in Hebrew scripture, linking ideas so they flow naturally rather than standing as isolated facts. It translates simply to "which," "who," or "that," but its role is vital for understanding how biblical writers connect actions to their meanings. When you read Genesis 1:29, this word ties the gift of food directly to the trees that bear it, showing provision and source in a single breath.

Because asher appears so often, it helps us see relationships between people and events without needing complex grammar. In Genesis 2:22, it connects the woman to the man, highlighting their shared origin. This simple connector invites you to look closer at how details relate to one another, revealing a coherent story rather than scattered moments.

Recognizing this word can slow your reading just enough to appreciate the structure of the text. It reminds us that the Bible is woven together with care, where every detail has a place and purpose. Let this awareness deepen your engagement with the passages you study each day.

How it's translated

How this word is rendered word-by-word in the 3,947 verses where it appears, by frequency.

  • which2284×
  • who620×
  • that564×
  • just/ as391×
  • whom270×
  • where180×
  • [that] which140×
  • when42×
  • just/ when30×
  • and/ which29×
  • [one] who27×
  • and/ who19×

Forms in the text

The inflected forms of this word as they appear in Scripture, by frequency.

  • אֲשֶׁר\־1134×
  • אֲשֶׁ֣ר924×
  • אֲשֶׁ֥ר873×
  • אֲשֶׁ֨ר468×
  • אֲשֶׁ֤ר249×
  • אֲשֶׁ֖ר164×
  • אֲשֶׁר֙112×
  • כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֥ר98×
  • אֲשֶׁ֧ר93×
  • אֲשֶׁר֩80×
  • כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֛ר75×
  • אֲשֶׁ֛ר63×

Key Verses

  • Genesis 1:29
    God said, “Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree, which bears fruit yielding seed. It will be your food.

    This occurrence links the provision of food directly to the source, showing how God's gifts are defined by their origin.

  • Genesis 2:22
    Yahweh God made a woman from the rib which he had taken from the man, and brought her to the man.

    Here it connects the woman to her creation from the man, emphasizing their shared identity and origin.

  • Genesis 1:31
    God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.

    It introduces the final evaluation of creation, tying God's observation directly to the entirety of what was made.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does the Hebrew word asher mean?

Asher is a relative pronoun that typically translates to "which," "who," or "that." It serves as a connector in Hebrew sentences, linking descriptive clauses to the nouns they modify. Its primary function is to add detail or clarify meaning within a narrative.

How is asher different from other Hebrew connectors?

While other words might introduce conditions or time, asher primarily establishes identity or description. It acts as a structural backbone, allowing writers to weave complex thoughts together smoothly without starting new sentences. Its flexibility makes it one of the most frequent words in the Hebrew Bible.

Where does this word appear most often?

Asher appears in nearly four thousand verses across books like Genesis and Jeremiah. It is essential for understanding the flow of narrative and poetry, appearing wherever a writer needs to link an action or description to a specific person or thing.

Every Occurrence (3,947 verses across 37 books)

Genesis 342 verses
Genesis 1:7

God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse;…

Genesis 1:11

God said, “Let the earth yield grass, herbs yielding seeds, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with their…

Genesis 1:12

The earth yielded grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, with their seeds in it, after…

Genesis 1:21

God created the large sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed, after their…

Genesis 1:29

God said, “Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree,…

Genesis 1:30

To every animal of the earth, and to every bird of the sky, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there…

Genesis 1:31

God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, a sixth…

Genesis 2:2

On the seventh day God finished his work which he had done; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he…

Genesis 2:3

God blessed the seventh day, and made it holy, because he rested in it from all his work of creation which he had done.

Genesis 2:8

Yahweh God planted a garden eastward, in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed.

Genesis 2:11

The name of the first is Pishon: it flows through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;

Genesis 2:19

Out of the ground Yahweh God formed every animal of the field, and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man…

Genesis 2:22

Yahweh God made a woman from the rib which he had taken from the man, and brought her to the man.

Genesis 3:1

Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, “Has God…

Genesis 3:3

but not the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden. God has said, ‘You shall not eat of it. You shall…

Genesis 3:11

God said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?”

Genesis 3:12

The man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”

Genesis 3:17

To Adam he said, “Because you have listened to your wife’s voice, and have eaten from the tree, about which I commanded…

Genesis 3:23

Therefore Yahweh God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.

Genesis 4:11

Now you are cursed because of the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.

Genesis 5:5

All the days that Adam lived were nine hundred thirty years, then he died.

Genesis 5:29

He named him Noah, saying, “This one will comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands, caused by the ground…

Genesis 6:2

God’s sons saw that men’s daughters were beautiful, and they took any that they wanted for themselves as wives.

Genesis 6:4

The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when God’s sons came in to men’s daughters and had…

Genesis 6:7

Yahweh said, “I will destroy man whom I have created from the surface of the ground—man, along with animals, creeping…

Genesis 6:15

This is how you shall make it. The length of the ship shall be three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its…

Genesis 6:17

I, even I, will bring the flood of waters on this earth, to destroy all flesh having the breath of life from under the…

Genesis 6:21

Take with you some of all food that is eaten, and gather it to yourself; and it will be for food for you, and for them.”

Genesis 6:22

Thus Noah did. He did all that God commanded him.

Genesis 7:2

You shall take seven pairs of every clean animal with you, the male and his female. Of the animals that are not clean,…

Genesis 7:4

In seven days, I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights. I will destroy every living thing…

Genesis 7:5

Noah did everything that Yahweh commanded him.

Genesis 7:8

Clean animals, unclean animals, birds, and everything that creeps on the ground

Genesis 7:9

went by pairs to Noah into the ship, male and female, as God commanded Noah.

Genesis 7:15

Pairs from all flesh with the breath of life in them went into the ship to Noah.

Genesis 7:16

Those who went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God commanded him; then Yahweh shut him in.

Genesis 7:19

The waters rose very high on the earth. All the high mountains that were under the whole sky were covered.

Genesis 7:22

All on the dry land, in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, died.

Genesis 7:23

Every living thing was destroyed that was on the surface of the ground, including man, livestock, creeping things, and…

Genesis 8:1

God remembered Noah, all the animals, and all the livestock that were with him in the ship; and God made a wind to pass…

Genesis 8:6

At the end of forty days, Noah opened the window of the ship which he had made,

Genesis 8:17

Bring out with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh, including birds, livestock, and every creeping…

Genesis 8:21

Yahweh smelled the pleasant aroma. Yahweh said in his heart, “I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake…

Genesis 9:2

The fear of you and the dread of you will be on every animal of the earth, and on every bird of the sky. Everything…

Genesis 9:3

Every moving thing that lives will be food for you. As I gave you the green herb, I have given everything to you.

Genesis 9:10

and with every living creature that is with you: the birds, the livestock, and every animal of the earth with you, of…

Genesis 9:12

God said, “This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with…

Genesis 9:15

I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh, and the waters will no…

Genesis 9:16

The rainbow will be in the cloud. I will look at it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every…

Genesis 9:17

God said to Noah, “This is the token of the covenant which I have established between me and all flesh that is on the…

Genesis 9:24

Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his youngest son had done to him.

Genesis 10:14

Pathrusim, Casluhim (which the Philistines descended from), and Caphtorim.

Genesis 11:5

Yahweh came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.

Genesis 11:6

Yahweh said, “Behold, they are one people, and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do. Now…

Genesis 11:7

Come, let’s go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.”

Genesis 12:1

Now Yahweh said to Abram, “Leave your country, and your relatives, and your father’s house, and go to the land that I…

Genesis 12:4

So Abram went, as Yahweh had told him. Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.

Genesis 12:5

Abram took Sarai his wife, Lot his brother’s son, all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people whom…

Genesis 12:11

When he had come near to enter Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, “See now, I know that you are a beautiful woman to…

Genesis 12:20

Pharaoh commanded men concerning him, and they escorted him away with his wife and all that he had.

Genesis 13:1

Abram went up out of Egypt—he, his wife, all that he had, and Lot with him—into the South.

Genesis 13:3

He went on his journeys from the South as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between…

Genesis 13:4

to the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first. There Abram called on Yahweh’s name.

Genesis 13:14

Yahweh said to Abram, after Lot was separated from him, “Now, lift up your eyes, and look from the place where you are,…

Genesis 13:15

for I will give all the land which you see to you and to your offspring forever.

Genesis 13:16

I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if a man can count the dust of the earth, then your…

Genesis 13:18

Abram moved his tent, and came and lived by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built an altar there to Yahweh.

Genesis 14:5

In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him came and struck the Rephaim in Ashteroth Karnaim,…

Genesis 14:6

and the Horites in their Mount Seir, to El Paran, which is by the wilderness.

Genesis 14:15

He divided himself against them by night, he and his servants, and struck them, and pursued them to Hobah, which is on…

Genesis 14:17

The king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with…

Genesis 14:20

Blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” Abram gave him a tenth of all.

Genesis 14:23

that I will not take a thread nor a sandal strap nor anything that is yours, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram…

Genesis 14:24

I will accept nothing from you except that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men who went with me:…

Genesis 15:4

Behold, Yahweh’s word came to him, saying, “This man will not be your heir, but he who will come out of your own body…

Genesis 15:7

He said to Abram, “I am Yahweh who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land to inherit it.”

Genesis 15:14

I will also judge that nation, whom they will serve. Afterward they will come out with great wealth;

Genesis 15:17

It came to pass that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace and a flaming torch passed…

Genesis 16:15

Hagar bore a son for Abram. Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.

Genesis 17:10

This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your offspring after you. Every male among you shall…

Genesis 17:12

He who is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every male throughout your generations, he who is born in the…

Genesis 17:14

The uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his people.…

Genesis 17:21

But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year.”

Genesis 17:23

Abraham took Ishmael his son, all who were born in his house, and all who were bought with his money: every male among…

Genesis 18:5

I will get a piece of bread so you can refresh your heart. After that you may go your way, now that you have come to…

Genesis 18:8

He took butter, milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them. He stood by them under the tree, and…

Genesis 18:17

Yahweh said, “Will I hide from Abraham what I do,

Genesis 18:19

For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the…

Genesis 18:24

What if there are fifty righteous within the city? Will you consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous who…

Genesis 18:33

Yahweh went his way as soon as he had finished communing with Abraham, and Abraham returned to his place.

Genesis 19:5

They called to Lot, and said to him, “Where are the men who came in to you this night? Bring them out to us, that we…

Genesis 19:8

See now, I have two virgin daughters. Please let me bring them out to you, and you may do to them what seems good to…

Genesis 19:11

They struck the men who were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied…

Genesis 19:12

The men said to Lot, “Do you have anybody else here? Sons-in-law, your sons, your daughters, and whomever you have in…

Genesis 19:19

See now, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have magnified your loving kindness, which you have shown…

Genesis 19:21

He said to him, “Behold, I have granted your request concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of…

Genesis 19:27

Abraham went up early in the morning to the place where he had stood before Yahweh.

Genesis 19:29

When God destroyed the cities of the plain, God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the middle of the overthrow,…

Genesis 20:3

But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him, “Behold, you are a dead man, because of the woman…

Genesis 20:7

Now therefore, restore the man’s wife. For he is a prophet, and he will pray for you, and you will live. If you don’t…

Genesis 20:9

Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said to him, “What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have…

Genesis 20:13

When God caused me to wander from my father’s house, I said to her, ‘This is your kindness which you shall show to me.…

Genesis 20:16

To Sarah he said, “Behold, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver. Behold, it is for you a covering of…

Genesis 21:1

Yahweh visited Sarah as he had said, and Yahweh did to Sarah as he had spoken.

Genesis 21:2

Sarah conceived, and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.

Genesis 21:3

Abraham called his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.

Genesis 21:4

Abraham circumcised his son, Isaac, when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.

Genesis 21:9

Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking.

Genesis 21:12

God said to Abraham, “Don’t let it be grievous in your sight because of the boy, and because of your servant. In all…

Genesis 21:17

God heard the voice of the boy. The angel of God called to Hagar out of the sky, and said to her, “What troubles you,…

Genesis 21:22

At that time, Abimelech and Phicol the captain of his army spoke to Abraham, saying, “God is with you in all that you…

Genesis 21:23

Now, therefore, swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son’s son.…

Genesis 21:25

Abraham complained to Abimelech because of a water well, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.

Genesis 21:29

Abimelech said to Abraham, “What do these seven ewe lambs, which you have set by themselves, mean?”

Genesis 22:2

He said, “Now take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go into the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a…

Genesis 22:3

Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his donkey; and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son.…

Genesis 22:9

They came to the place which God had told him of. Abraham built the altar there, and laid the wood in order, bound…

Genesis 22:14

Abraham called the name of that place “Yahweh Will Provide”. As it is said to this day, “On Yahweh’s mountain, it will…

Genesis 22:16

and said, “‘I have sworn by myself,’ says Yahweh, ‘because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son,…

Genesis 22:17

that I will bless you greatly, and I will multiply your offspring greatly like the stars of the heavens, and like the…

Genesis 22:18

All the nations of the earth will be blessed by your offspring, because you have obeyed my voice.’”

Genesis 23:9

that he may sell me the cave of Machpelah, which he has, which is in the end of his field. For the full price let him…

Genesis 23:11

“No, my lord, hear me. I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. In the presence of the children of…

Genesis 23:16

Abraham listened to Ephron. Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver which he had named in the hearing of the children of…

Genesis 23:17

So the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, the cave which was in it, and all…

Genesis 23:20

The field, and the cave that is in it, were deeded to Abraham by the children of Heth as a possession for a burial…

Genesis 24:2

Abraham said to his servant, the elder of his house, who ruled over all that he had, “Please put your hand under my…

Genesis 24:3

I will make you swear by Yahweh, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you shall not take a wife for my son…

Genesis 24:5

The servant said to him, “What if the woman isn’t willing to follow me to this land? Must I bring your son again to the…

Genesis 24:7

Yahweh, the God of heaven—who took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my birth, who spoke to me, and who…

Genesis 24:14

Let it happen, that the young lady to whom I will say, ‘Please let down your pitcher, that I may drink,’ then she says,…

Genesis 24:15

Before he had finished speaking, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of…

Genesis 24:22

As the camels had finished drinking, the man took a golden ring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her…

Genesis 24:24

She said to him, “I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, whom she bore to Nahor.”

Genesis 24:27

He said, “Blessed be Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken his loving kindness and his truth…

Genesis 24:32

The man came into the house, and he unloaded the camels. He gave straw and feed for the camels, and water to wash his…

Genesis 24:36

Sarah, my master’s wife, bore a son to my master when she was old. He has given all that he has to him.

Genesis 24:37

My master made me swear, saying, ‘You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose…

Genesis 24:40

He said to me, ‘Yahweh, before whom I walk, will send his angel with you, and prosper your way. You shall take a wife…

Genesis 24:42

I came today to the spring, and said, ‘Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, if now you do prosper my way which I go—

Genesis 24:44

then she tells me, “Drink, and I will also draw for your camels,”—let her be the woman whom Yahweh has appointed for my…

Genesis 24:47

I asked her, and said, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She said, ‘The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bore to…

Genesis 24:48

I bowed my head, and worshiped Yahweh, and blessed Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the right…

Genesis 24:51

Behold, Rebekah is before you. Take her, and go, and let her be your master’s son’s wife, as Yahweh has spoken.”

Genesis 24:52

When Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed himself down to the earth to Yahweh.

Genesis 24:54

They ate and drank, he and the men who were with him, and stayed all night. They rose up in the morning, and he said,…

Genesis 24:66

The servant told Isaac all the things that he had done.

Genesis 25:5

Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac,

Genesis 25:6

but Abraham gave gifts to the sons of Abraham’s concubines. While he still lived, he sent them away from Isaac his son,…

Genesis 25:7

These are the days of the years of Abraham’s life which he lived: one hundred seventy-five years.

Genesis 25:9

Isaac and Ishmael, his sons, buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron, the son of Zohar the Hittite,…

Genesis 25:10

the field which Abraham purchased from the children of Heth. Abraham was buried there with Sarah, his wife.

Genesis 25:12

Now this is the history of the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s servant, bore to…

Genesis 25:18

They lived from Havilah to Shur that is before Egypt, as you go toward Assyria. He lived opposite all his relatives.

Genesis 26:1

There was a famine in the land, in addition to the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. Isaac went to…

Genesis 26:2

Yahweh appeared to him, and said, “Don’t go down into Egypt. Live in the land I will tell you about.

Genesis 26:3

Live in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you. For I will give to you, and to your offspring, all these…

Genesis 26:5

because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my requirements, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.”

Genesis 26:15

Now all the wells which his father’s servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped,…

Genesis 26:18

Isaac dug again the wells of water, which they had dug in the days of Abraham his father, for the Philistines had…

Genesis 26:29

that you will do us no harm, as we have not touched you, and as we have done to you nothing but good, and have sent you…

Genesis 26:32

The same day, Isaac’s servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had dug, and said to him, “We have…

Genesis 27:4

Make me savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat, and that my soul may bless you before I die.”

Genesis 27:8

Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command you.

Genesis 27:9

Go now to the flock and get me two good young goats from there. I will make them savory food for your father, such as…

Genesis 27:10

You shall bring it to your father, that he may eat, so that he may bless you before his death.”

Genesis 27:14

He went, and got them, and brought them to his mother. His mother made savory food, such as his father loved.

Genesis 27:15

Rebekah took the good clothes of Esau, her elder son, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob, her…

Genesis 27:17

She gave the savory food and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.

Genesis 27:19

Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau your firstborn. I have done what you asked me to do. Please arise, sit and eat of…

Genesis 27:27

He came near, and kissed him. He smelled the smell of his clothing, and blessed him, and said, “Behold, the smell of my…

Genesis 27:30

As soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had just gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, Esau…

Genesis 27:40

You will live by your sword, and you will serve your brother. It will happen, when you will break loose, that you will…

Genesis 27:41

Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him. Esau said in his heart, “The days of…

Genesis 27:44

Stay with him a few days, until your brother’s fury turns away—

Genesis 27:45

until your brother’s anger turns away from you, and he forgets what you have done to him. Then I will send, and get you…

Genesis 28:4

and give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your offspring with you, that you may inherit the land where you…

Genesis 28:13

Behold, Yahweh stood above it, and said, “I am Yahweh, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac. I will…

Genesis 28:15

Behold, I am with you, and will keep you, wherever you go, and will bring you again into this land. For I will not…

Genesis 28:18

Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under his head, and set it up for a pillar, and…

Genesis 28:20

Jacob vowed a vow, saying, “If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to…

Genesis 28:22

then this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, will be God’s house. Of all that you will give me I will surely give…

Genesis 29:8

They said, “We can’t, until all the flocks are gathered together, and they roll the stone from the well’s mouth. Then…

Genesis 29:9

While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she kept them.

Genesis 29:10

When Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban, his mother’s brother, and the sheep of Laban, his mother’s brother, Jacob…

Genesis 29:27

Fulfill the week of this one, and we will give you the other also for the service which you will serve with me for…

Genesis 30:2

Jacob’s anger burned against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in God’s place, who has withheld from you the fruit of the…

Genesis 30:18

Leah said, “God has given me my hire, because I gave my servant to my husband.” She named him Issachar.

Genesis 30:25

When Rachel had borne Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me away, that I may go to my own place, and to my country.

Genesis 30:26

Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served you, and let me go; for you know my service with which I have…

Genesis 30:29

Jacob said to him, “You know how I have served you, and how your livestock have fared with me.

Genesis 30:30

For it was little which you had before I came, and it has increased to a multitude. Yahweh has blessed you wherever I…

Genesis 30:33

So my righteousness will answer for me hereafter, when you come concerning my hire that is before you. Every one that…

Genesis 30:35

That day, he removed the male goats that were streaked and spotted, and all the female goats that were speckled and…

Genesis 30:37

Jacob took to himself rods of fresh poplar, almond, and plane tree, peeled white streaks in them, and made the white…

Genesis 30:38

He set the rods which he had peeled opposite the flocks in the watering troughs where the flocks came to drink. They…

Genesis 31:1

Jacob heard Laban’s sons’ words, saying, “Jacob has taken away all that was our father’s. He has obtained all this…

Genesis 31:12

He said, ‘Now lift up your eyes, and behold, all the male goats which leap on the flock are streaked, speckled, and…

Genesis 31:13

I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar, where you vowed a vow to me. Now arise, get out from this land,…

Genesis 31:16

For all the riches which God has taken away from our father are ours and our children’s. Now then, whatever God has…

Genesis 31:18

and he took away all his livestock, and all his possessions which he had gathered, including the livestock which he had…

Genesis 31:19

Now Laban had gone to shear his sheep; and Rachel stole the teraphim that were her father’s.

Genesis 31:21

So he fled with all that he had. He rose up, passed over the River, and set his face toward the mountain of Gilead.

Genesis 31:32

Anyone you find your gods with shall not live. Before our relatives, discern what is yours with me, and take it.” For…

Genesis 31:43

Laban answered Jacob, “The daughters are my daughters, the children are my children, the flocks are my flocks, and all…

Genesis 31:49

and Mizpah, for he said, “Yahweh watch between me and you, when we are absent one from another.

Genesis 31:51

Laban said to Jacob, “See this heap, and see the pillar, which I have set between me and you.

Genesis 33:5

He lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, “Who are these with you?” He said, “The children…

Genesis 33:8

Esau said, “What do you mean by all this company which I met?” Jacob said, “To find favor in the sight of my lord.”

Genesis 33:9

Esau said, “I have enough, my brother; let that which you have be yours.”

Genesis 33:11

Please take the gift that I brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough.” He…

Genesis 33:14

Please let my lord pass over before his servant, and I will lead on gently, according to the pace of the livestock that…

Genesis 33:15

Esau said, “Let me now leave with you some of the people who are with me.” He said, “Why? Let me find favor in the…

Genesis 33:18

Jacob came in peace to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan Aram; and encamped…

Genesis 33:19

He bought the parcel of ground where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem’s father,…

Genesis 34:1

Dinah, the daughter of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.

Genesis 34:11

Shechem said to her father and to her brothers, “Let me find favor in your eyes, and whatever you will tell me I will…

Genesis 34:12

Ask me a great amount for a dowry, and I will give whatever you ask of me, but give me the young lady as a wife.”

Genesis 34:13

The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with deceit when they spoke, because he had defiled Dinah their…

Genesis 34:14

and said to them, “We can’t do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised; for that is a reproach to us.

Genesis 34:22

Only on this condition will the men consent to us to live with us, to become one people, if every male among us is…

Genesis 34:27

Jacob’s sons came on the dead, and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister.

Genesis 34:28

They took their flocks, their herds, their donkeys, that which was in the city, that which was in the field,

Genesis 34:29

and all their wealth. They took captive all their little ones and their wives, and took as plunder everything that was…

Genesis 35:2

Then Jacob said to his household, and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods that are among you, purify…

Genesis 35:3

Let’s arise, and go up to Bethel. I will make there an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was…

Genesis 35:4

They gave to Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hands, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob…

Genesis 35:5

They traveled, and a terror of God was on the cities that were around them, and they didn’t pursue the sons of Jacob.

Genesis 35:6

So Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him.

Genesis 35:12

The land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give it to you, and to your offspring after you I will give the…

Genesis 35:13

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

Genesis 35:14

Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he spoke with him, a pillar of stone. He poured out a drink offering on it,…

Genesis 35:15

Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him “Bethel”.

Genesis 35:26

The sons of Zilpah (Leah’s servant): Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan Aram.

Genesis 35:27

Jacob came to Isaac his father, to Mamre, to Kiriath Arba (which is Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac lived as…

Genesis 36:5

Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These are the sons of Esau, who were born to him in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 36:6

Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the members of his household, with his livestock, all his…

Genesis 36:24

These are the children of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah. This is Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness, as he fed…

Genesis 36:31

These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom, before any king reigned over the children of Israel.

Genesis 37:6

He said to them, “Please hear this dream which I have dreamed:

Genesis 37:10

He told it to his father and to his brothers. His father rebuked him, and said to him, “What is this dream that you…

Genesis 37:22

Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood. Throw him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but lay no hand on him”—that he…

Genesis 37:23

When Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped Joseph of his tunic, the tunic of many colors that was on him;

Genesis 38:10

The thing which he did was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and he killed him also.

Genesis 38:14

She took off the garments of her widowhood, and covered herself with her veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gate…

Genesis 38:18

He said, “What pledge will I give you?” She said, “Your signet and your cord, and your staff that is in your hand.” He…

Genesis 38:25

When she was brought out, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, “I am with child by the man who owns these.” She also…

Genesis 38:30

Afterward his brother came out, who had the scarlet thread on his hand, and his name was called Zerah.

Genesis 39:1

Joseph was brought down to Egypt. Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him…

Genesis 39:3

His master saw that Yahweh was with him, and that Yahweh made all that he did prosper in his hand.

Genesis 39:5

From the time that he made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, Yahweh blessed the Egyptian’s house for…

Genesis 39:6

He left all that he had in Joseph’s hand. He didn’t concern himself with anything, except for the food which he ate.…

Genesis 39:8

But he refused, and said to his master’s wife, “Behold, my master doesn’t know what is with me in the house, and he has…

Genesis 39:9

No one is greater in this house than I am, and he has not kept back anything from me but you, because you are his wife.…

Genesis 39:17

She spoke to him according to these words, saying, “The Hebrew servant, whom you have brought to us, came in to me to…

Genesis 39:19

When his master heard the words of his wife, which she spoke to him, saying, “This is what your servant did to me,” his…

Genesis 39:20

Joseph’s master took him, and put him into the prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were bound, and he was…

Genesis 39:22

The keeper of the prison committed to Joseph’s hand all the prisoners who were in the prison. Whatever they did there,…

Genesis 39:23

The keeper of the prison didn’t look after anything that was under his hand, because Yahweh was with him; and that…

Genesis 40:3

He put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.

Genesis 40:5

They both dreamed a dream, each man his dream, in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the…

Genesis 40:7

He asked Pharaoh’s officers who were with him in custody in his master’s house, saying, “Why do you look so sad today?”

Genesis 40:13

Within three more days, Pharaoh will lift up your head, and restore you to your office. You will give Pharaoh’s cup…

Genesis 40:14

But remember me when it is well with you. Please show kindness to me, and make mention of me to Pharaoh, and bring me…

Genesis 40:22

but he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them.

Genesis 41:13

As he interpreted to us, so it was. He restored me to my office, and he hanged him.”

Genesis 41:21

and when they had eaten them up, it couldn’t be known that they had eaten them, but they were still ugly, as at the…

Genesis 41:25

Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dream of Pharaoh is one. What God is about to do he has declared to Pharaoh.

Genesis 41:28

That is the thing which I have spoken to Pharaoh. God has shown Pharaoh what he is about to do.

Genesis 41:36

The food will be to supply the land against the seven years of famine, which will be in the land of Egypt; so that the…

Genesis 41:38

Pharaoh said to his servants, “Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom is the Spirit of God?”

Genesis 41:43

He made him ride in the second chariot which he had. They cried before him, “Bow the knee!” He set him over all the…

Genesis 41:48

He gathered up all the food of the seven years which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities. He…

Genesis 41:50

To Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bore…

Genesis 41:53

The seven years of plenty, that were in the land of Egypt, came to an end.

Genesis 41:54

The seven years of famine began to come, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in all lands, but in all the land of…

Genesis 41:55

When all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread, and Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians,…

Genesis 41:56

The famine was over all the surface of the earth. Joseph opened all the store houses, and sold to the Egyptians. The…

Genesis 42:9

Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed about them, and said to them, “You are spies! You have come to see the…

Genesis 42:14

Joseph said to them, “It is like I told you, saying, ‘You are spies!’

Genesis 42:21

They said to one another, “We are certainly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul,…

Genesis 42:38

He said, “My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he only is left. If harm happens to him along…

Genesis 43:2

When they had eaten up the grain which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said to them, “Go again, buy us a…

Genesis 43:14

May God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may release to you your other brother and Benjamin. If I am…

Genesis 43:16

When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house, “Bring the men into the house, and butcher an…

Genesis 43:17

The man did as Joseph commanded, and the man brought the men to Joseph’s house.

Genesis 43:19

They came near to the steward of Joseph’s house, and they spoke to him at the door of the house,

Genesis 43:26

When Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves down…

Genesis 43:27

He asked them of their welfare, and said, “Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he yet alive?”

Genesis 43:29

He lifted up his eyes, and saw Benjamin, his brother, his mother’s son, and said, “Is this your youngest brother, of…

Genesis 44:1

He commanded the steward of his house, saying, “Fill the men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put each…

Genesis 44:2

Put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack’s mouth of the youngest, with his grain money.” He did according to the word…

Genesis 44:4

When they had gone out of the city, and were not yet far off, Joseph said to his steward, “Up, follow after the men.…

Genesis 44:5

Isn’t this that from which my lord drinks, and by which he indeed divines? You have done evil in so doing.’”

Genesis 44:8

Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks’ mouths, we brought again to you out of the land of Canaan. How then…

Genesis 44:9

With whomever of your servants it is found, let him die, and we also will be my lord’s slaves.”

Genesis 44:10

He said, “Now also let it be according to your words. He with whom it is found will be my slave; and you will be…

Genesis 44:15

Joseph said to them, “What deed is this that you have done? Don’t you know that such a man as I can indeed do…

Genesis 44:16

Judah said, “What will we tell my lord? What will we speak? How will we clear ourselves? God has found out the iniquity…

Genesis 44:17

He said, “Far be it from me that I should do so. The man in whose hand the cup is found, he will be my slave; but as…

Genesis 44:34

For how will I go up to my father, if the boy isn’t with me?—lest I see the evil that will come on my father.”

Genesis 45:4

Joseph said to his brothers, “Come near to me, please.” They came near. He said, “I am Joseph, your brother, whom you…

Genesis 45:6

For these two years the famine has been in the land, and there are yet five years, in which there will be no plowing…

Genesis 45:10

You shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you will be near to me, you, your children, your children’s children, your…

Genesis 45:11

There I will provide for you; for there are yet five years of famine; lest you come to poverty, you, and your…

Genesis 45:13

You shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that you have seen. You shall hurry and bring my father…

Genesis 45:27

They told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said to them. When he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry…

Genesis 46:1

Israel traveled with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father, Isaac.

Genesis 46:5

Jacob rose up from Beersheba, and the sons of Israel carried Jacob, their father, their little ones, and their wives,…

Genesis 46:6

They took their livestock, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt—Jacob, and…

Genesis 46:15

These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram, with his daughter Dinah. All the souls of his sons…

Genesis 46:18

These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah, his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob, even sixteen souls.

Genesis 46:20

To Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On,…

Genesis 46:22

These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen.

Genesis 46:25

These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel, his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob: all the souls were…

Genesis 46:27

The sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two souls. All the souls of the house of Jacob, who came into…

Genesis 46:31

Joseph said to his brothers, and to his father’s house, “I will go up, and speak with Pharaoh, and will tell him, ‘My…

Genesis 46:32

These men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of livestock, and they have brought their flocks, and their herds,…

Genesis 47:1

Then Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, and said, “My father and my brothers, with their flocks, their herds, and all…

Genesis 47:4

They also said to Pharaoh, “We have come to live as foreigners in the land, for there is no pasture for your servants’…

Genesis 47:6

The land of Egypt is before you. Make your father and your brothers dwell in the best of the land. Let them dwell in…

Genesis 47:11

Joseph placed his father and his brothers, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in…

Genesis 47:14

Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the grain which…

Genesis 47:22

Only he didn’t buy the land of the priests, for the priests had a portion from Pharaoh, and ate their portion which…

Genesis 47:24

It will happen at the harvests, that you shall give a fifth to Pharaoh, and four parts will be your own, for seed of…

Genesis 48:6

Your offspring, whom you become the father of after them, will be yours. They will be called after the name of their…

Genesis 48:9

Joseph said to his father, “They are my sons, whom God has given me here.” He said, “Please bring them to me, and I…

Genesis 48:15

He blessed Joseph, and said, “The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has fed me all my…

Genesis 48:22

Moreover I have given to you one portion above your brothers, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword…

Genesis 49:1

Jacob called to his sons, and said: “Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which will happen to you in…

Genesis 49:28

All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father spoke to them, and blessed them. He blessed…

Genesis 49:29

He instructed them, and said to them, “I am to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in…

Genesis 49:30

in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with…

Genesis 49:32

the field and the cave that is therein, which was purchased from the children of Heth.”

Genesis 50:5

‘My father made me swear, saying, “Behold, I am dying. Bury me in my grave which I have dug for myself in the land of…

Genesis 50:6

Pharaoh said, “Go up, and bury your father, just like he made you swear.”

Genesis 50:10

They came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and there they lamented with a very great and…

Genesis 50:11

When the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, “This is a grievous…

Genesis 50:12

His sons did to him just as he commanded them,

Genesis 50:13

for his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham…

Genesis 50:15

When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “It may be that Joseph will hate us, and will fully…

Genesis 50:24

Joseph said to his brothers, “I am dying, but God will surely visit you, and bring you up out of this land to the land…

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