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Genesis 32:18 Interlinear

“Then thou shalt say They be thy servant Jacob's it is a present sent unto my lord Esau and behold also he is behind us”

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Genesis 32 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וְאָֽמַרְתָּ֙	H559	Then thou shalt say	to say (used with great latitude)
2	לְעַבְדְּךָ֣	H5650	They be thy servant	a servant
3	לְיַֽעֲקֹ֔ב	H3290	Jacob's	jaakob, the israelitish patriarch
4	מִנְחָ֥ה	H4503	it is a present	a donation; euphemistically, tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering (usually bloodless and voluntary)
5	הִוא֙	H1931		he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
6	שְׁלוּחָ֔ה	H7971	sent	to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
7	לַֽאדֹנִ֖י	H113	unto my lord	sovereign, i.e., controller (human or divine)
8	לְעֵשָׂ֑ו	H6215	Esau	esav, a son of isaac, including his posterity
9	וְהִנֵּ֥ה	H2009		lo!
10	גַם	H1571		properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
11	ה֖וּא	H1931		he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
12	אַֽחֲרֵֽינוּ׃	H310	and behold also he is behind us	properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)

Genesis 32:18 (current)Then thou shalt say They be thy servant Jacob's it is a present sent unto my lord Esau and behold also he is behind us