Joshua 24:3-4

3 'Then ¹I took your father Abraham from beyond * the River, and led him through all the land of Canaan, and ²multiplied his descendants and gave him ³Isaac.

4 'To Isaac I gave ⁴Jacob and Esau, and ⁵to Esau I gave Mount Seir to possess it; but ⁶Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.

Joshua 24:3-4 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOSHUA 24

This chapter gives us an account of another summons of the tribes of Israel by Joshua, who obeyed it, and presented themselves before the Lord at Shechem, Jos 24:1; when Joshua in the name of the Lord rehearsed to them the many great and good things the Lord had done for them, from the time of their ancestor Abraham to that day, Jos 24:2-13; and then exhorted them to fear and serve the Lord, and reject idols, Jos 24:14; and put them upon making their choice, whether they would serve the true God, or the gods of the Canaanites; and they choosing the former, he advised them to abide by their choice, Jos 24:15-24; and made a covenant with them to that purpose, and then dismissed them, Jos 24:25-28; and the chapter is concluded with an account of the death and burial of Joshua and Eleazar, and of the interment of the bones of Joseph, Jos 24:29-33.

Cross References

• 1. Genesis 12:1; Genesis 24:7
• 2. Genesis 15:5
• 3. Genesis 21:3
• 4. Genesis 25:25, 26
• 5. Genesis 36:8; Deuteronomy 2:5
• 6. Genesis 46:6, 7

Footnotes

• [a]. I.e. Euphrates
• [b]. Lit "seed"