Study it in the app“There was a famine in the land, besides the former famine that there was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Philistines, to Gerar.”
There wasוַיְהִיa famineרָעָבin the land,בָּאָרֶץbesidesמִלְּבַדthe formerהָרִאשׁוֹןfamineהָרָעָבthatאֲשֶׁרthere wasהָיָהin the daysבִּימֵיof Abraham.אַבְרָהָםAnd Isaacוַ יִצְחָקwentיֵּלֶךְto Abimelech,אֶל אֲבִימֶּלֶךְkingמֶלֶךְof the Philistines,פְּלִשְׁתִּיםto Gerar.גְּרָרָה
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yehi” appearsfamine, hunger
Hunger; famine, a shortage of food in a region.
Where else “raav” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appearsalone
One thing alone, set apart from the rest; also the expression 'besides'.
Where else “vad” appearsformer
What already happened or existed before, in past times.
Where else “rishon” appearstime
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yme” appearsAbraham
Abraham, the name God gave to Abram; it sounds like "father of a multitude" (Genesis 17:5). The father of the people of Israel, to whom God promised the land and blessing for all the families of the earth.
Where else “avraham” appearsIsaac
Isaac, the son promised to Abraham and Sarah, father of Esau and Jacob. His name means "he laughs" (Genesis 17:17, 19; 21:6).
Where else “yitschak” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelech” appearsAbimelech
Abimelech, the name of Philistine kings of Gerar in the days of Abraham and of Isaac, and of other men, such as a son of Gideon. The name means "my father is king"; it may have been a title of the kings of that place.
Where else “avimelech” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsPhilistines
Philistines: a people that settled on the south-west coast of Canaan and was Israel's enemy in the days of the judges and of David.
Where else “pelishtim” appearsGerar
Gerar, a city in the south of Canaan, near the land of the Philistines.
Where else “gerara” appears1 · This verse (above)
2YHWH appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; dwell in the land that I tell you.
1. What it says
What did YHWH promise Isaac, and what happened with the wells he dug (vv. 2-5, 18-22)?
2. What it means
What did Isaac say when he named the well Rehoboth, the one they did not quarrel over, and what does that show about his attitude (vv. 20-22)?
3. How I live it
How can you respond with peace the next time someone disputes something that is yours?
