King James Version
Joshua 2:13 in the King James Version says “And that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliv...” — study this verse from Joshua chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.”
Joshua 2:13 · KJV
And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath. did there: Heb. rose up
Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father's house, and give me a true token:
And that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.
And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the LORD hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee. for: Heb. instead of you to die
Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And that ye will save alive”
H2421to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“and my mother”
H517a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively [like father])
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“and my brethren”
H251a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like h0001])
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“and my sisters”
H269a sister (used very widely [like h0251], literally and figuratively)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“and all that they have and deliver”
H5337to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“our lives”
H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
“from death”
H4194death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
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