Deuteronomy 24:1
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.”
דָּבָר
In Hebrew, dabar is not just a word spoken — it is a word that accomplishes something. God's dabar does not return empty. The psalmist says this word is a lamp to his feet — not a floodlight revealing everything ahead, but enough light for the next step. That is faith.
חֵן
favor
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חֵן
Grace, favour. Chen. Finding favour in someone's eyes. Unmerited goodwill. Noah found chen with God, not because of his perfection but because of God's sovereign grace.
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מָצָא
he has found
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מָצָא
To find, to discover, to encounter. Matsa. God is findable. He is not playing hide and seek. He actively reveals Himself to genuine seekers.
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כִּי
if
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כִּי
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
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עֶרְוָה
the nakedness of
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עֶרְוָה
nudity, literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively (disgrace, blemish)
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סֵפֶר
a document of
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סֵפֶר
properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book
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כְּרִיתוּת
divorce
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כְּרִיתוּת
a cutting (of the matrimonial bond), i.e. divorce
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לָקַח
he will take
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לָקַח
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
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