KJV King James Version
And Sarah my master’s wife bare a son to my master when she was old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath.
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Genesis 24:36
And Sarah my master’s wife bare a son to my master when she was old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
My master’s wife Sarah has borne him a son in her old age, and my master has given him everything he owns.
WEB World English Bible
Sarah, my master’s wife, bore a son to my master when she was old. He has given all that he has to him.
ASV American Standard Version
And Sarah my master’s wife bare a son to my master when she was old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and Sarah, my lord’s wife, beareth a son to my lord, after she hath been aged, and he giveth to him all that he hath.
Surrounding context — Genesis 24
33 And there was set [meat] before him to eat: but he said, I will not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on.
34 And he said, I [am] Abraham’s servant.
35 And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.
36 And Sarah my master’s wife bare a son to my master when she was old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath.
37 And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:
38 But thou shalt go unto my father’s house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son.
39 And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַתֵּ֡לֶדH3205 · ya.ladto begetשָׂרָה֩H8283 · sa.rahSarahאֵ֨שֶׁתH802 · ish.shahwomanאֲדֹנִ֥יH113 · a.donlordבֵן֙H1121 · benson: childלַֽאדֹנִ֔יH113 · a.donlordאַחֲרֵ֖יH310 · a.charafterזִקְנָתָ֑הּH2209 · ziq.nahold ageוַיִּתֶּן־H5414 · na.tanto give: giveלּ֖וֹH9033 · ohimאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]כָּל־H3605 · kolallאֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhichלֽוֹ׃H9033 · ohim
Cross-references
Genesis 25:5And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.Genesis 21:10Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, [even] with Isaac.Genesis 21:1-7And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken.Genesis 17:15-19And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah [shall] her name [be].Romans 4:19And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara’s womb:Genesis 18:10-14And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard [it] in the tent door, which [was] behind him.Genesis 11:29-30And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram’s wife [was] Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
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