kaw-rab'
a primitive root; to approach (causatively, bring near) for
whatever purpose:--(cause to) approach, (cause to) bring
(forth, near), (cause to) come (near, nigh), (cause to) draw
near (nigh), go (near), be at hand, join, be near, offer,
present, produce, make ready, stand, take.
And it came to pass, when [0834] he was come near [07126] to enter [0935] into Egypt [04714], that he said [0559] unto Sarai [08297] his wife [0802], Behold [02009] now [04994], I know [03045] that thou art a fair [03303] woman [0802] to look upon [04758]:
But Abimelech [040] had not come near [07126] her: and he said [0559], Lord [0136], wilt thou slay [02026] also a righteous [06662] nation [01471]?
And Esau [06215] hated [07852] Jacob [03290] because [05921] of the blessing [01293] wherewith [0834] his father [01] blessed him [01288]: and Esau [06215] said [0559] in his heart [03820], The days [03117] of mourning [060] for my father [01] are at hand [07126]; then will I slay [02026] my brother [0251] Jacob [03290].
And when they saw [07200] him afar off [07350], even before he came near [07126] unto them, they conspired [05230] against him to slay [04191] him.
And the time [03117] drew nigh [07126] that Israel [03478] must die [04191]: and he called [07121] his son [01121] Joseph [03130], and said [0559] unto him, If now I have found [04672] grace [02580] in thy sight [05869], put [07760], I pray thee, thy hand [03027] under my thigh [03409], and deal [06213] kindly [02617] and truly [0571] with me; bury [06912] me not, I pray thee, in Egypt [04714]: