Joshua 24:3

And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
took	וָ֠אֶקַּח Va.'e.kach	H3947	to take (in the widest variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 1st person common singular
father	אֲבִיכֶ֤ם 'a.vi.Khem	H1	father · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
Abraham	אַבְרָהָם֙ 'av.ra.Ham	H85	Abraham · proper noun, a man's name
side	מֵעֵ֣בֶר me.'E.ver	H5676	properly · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
flood	הַנָּהָ֔ר ha.na.Har	H5104	a stream (including the sea · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
led	יָלַךְ yâlak	H3212	to walk (literally or figuratively)
land	אֶ֣רֶץ 'E.retz	H776	the earth (at large · noun, common feminine singular construct
Canaan	כְּנָ֑עַן ke.Na.'an	H3667	Kenaan · proper noun, a place name
multiplied	וָאַרְבֶּה֙ va.'e.rev	H7235	to increase (in whatever respect) · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 1st person common singular
seed	זַרְע֔וֹ zar.'O	H2233	seed · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
gave	וָֽאֶתֶּן va.'e.ten-	H5414	to give · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 1st person common singular
Isaac	יִצְחָֽק yitz.Chak	H3327	Jitschak (or Isaac) · proper noun, a man's name

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Cross-references

Genesis 12:1-4 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will sh…
Genesis 21:2-3 For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
Acts 7:2-3 And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he d…
Genesis 15:5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him,…
Nehemiah 9:7-8 Thou art the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;
Psalms 127:3 Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Joshua 24:1-14

Joshua thought he had taken his last farewell of Israel in the solemn charge he gave them in the foregoing chapter, when he said, I go the way of all the earth; but God graciously continuing his life longer than expected, and renewing his strength, he was desirous to improve it for the good of Israel. He did not say, "I have taken my leave of them once, and let that serve;" but, having yet a longer space given him, he summons them together again, that he might try what more he could do to engage them for God. Note, We must never think our work for God done till our life is done; and, if he lengthen out our days beyond what we thought, we must conclude it is because he has some further servic…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 24:3

I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan--It was an irresistible impulse of divine grace which led the patriarch to leave his country and relatives, to migrate to Canaan, and live a "stranger and pilgrim" in that land.

Adam Clarke on Joshua 24:2

On the other side of the flood - The river Euphrates. They served other gods - Probably Abraham as well as Terah his father was an idolater, till he received the call of God to leave that land. See on Gen 11:31 (note); Gen 12:1 (note).

John Gill on Joshua 24:3

And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood,.... The river Euphrates, as before: or "your father, to wit, Abraham", as Noldius (x); he took him not only in a providential way, and brought him from the other side of the Euphrates, out of an idolatrous country and family, but he apprehended him by his grace, and called and converted him by it, and brought him to a spiritual knowledge of himself, and of the Messiah that should spring from his seed, and of the Covenant of grace, and of the blessings of it, and of his interest therein; which was a peculiar and distinguishing favour: and led him throughout all the land of Canaan; from the northern to the southern part of it; h…

The Church Fathers

The Septuagint has translated "And I took your father Abraham from across the river and led him into all the earth." A literal reading of the Hebrew would be "And I led him into the land of Canaan." It is astonishing, therefore, that the translators of the Septuagint would have wished to insert "the whole earth" instead of "land of Canaan," unless they were considering the prophecy so much that they accepted as already done what was still at the time a promise from God. For it was announced beforehand in very clear terms what would take place concerning Christ and the church and that the true seed of Abraham would not be among the children of the flesh but among the children of the promise.
— Augustine of Hippo, QUESTIONS ON JOSHUA 25

What the translation done about the Seventy says: I took your father Abraham from the other side of the River and took him (deduxi) to the whole earth, the translation made of the Hebrew says: And I brought him (induxi) to the land of Canaan . Well, it is strange that the Seventy have wanted to put the whole earth in place of the land of Canaan, unless they have done so by contemplating the prophecy, in such a way that it is taken more as a thing done by the divine promise as all certainty was announced in advance what would happen in Christ and in the Church, namely, that the true offspring of Abraham is not in the children of the flesh, but in the children of the promise (Cf Rm 9,8).
— Augustine of Hippo, QUESTIONS ON JOSHUA, Q. 25 (tr. J. Litteral, draft)

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Dictionary and topics

Burial — The first burial we have an account of is that of Sarah (Gen. 23). The first commercial transaction recorded is that of the purchase of a burial-place, for which Abraham weighed to Ephron “four…
Flood — An event recorded in Gen. 7 and 8. (See DELUGE.) In Josh. 24:2, 3, 14, 15, the word “flood” (R.V., “river”) means the river Euphrates. In Ps. 66:6, this word refers to the river Jordan.
Joshua — Jehovah is his help, or Jehovah the Saviour. The son of Nun, of the tribe of Ephraim, the successor of Moses as the leader of Israel. He is called Jehoshua in Num. 13:16 (A.V.), and Jesus in Acts…
Shechem — Shoulder. (1.) The son of Hamor the Hivite (Gen. 33:19; 34). (2.) A descendant of Manasseh (Num. 26:31; Josh. 17:2). (3.) A city in Samaria (Gen. 33:18), called also Sichem (12:6), Sychem (Acts…
Abraham · Divine — Divine
Babylon · Situated beyond the Euphrates — Situated beyond the Euphrates
Isaac · 1. The miraculous — 1. The miraculous
Shechem · chiefs, and — chiefs, and

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Joshua 24:3

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Joshua 24:1-14

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 24:3

Adam Clarke on Joshua 24:2

John Gill on Joshua 24:3

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Joshua 24:3

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Joshua 24:1-14

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 24:3

Adam Clarke on Joshua 24:2

John Gill on Joshua 24:3

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Joshua 24:1-14

Keil & Delitzsch on Joshua 24:1-18

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Joshua 24:3-13

Rashi on Joshua 24:3