14
He hadוַיְהִי לוֹflocksמִקְנֵה צֹאןand herdsוּמִקְנֵה בָקָרand manyרַבָּהservants,וַעֲבֻדָּהand the Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּיםenviedוַיְקַנְאוּhim.אֹתוֹ
Genesis 26:14
Study it in the app“He had flocks and herds and many servants, and the Philistines envied him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 26:14, word by word
- He hadיְהִיyehi
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yehi” appears- flocksמִקְנֵהmikne
livestock
Livestock: the animals someone owns, as property.
Where else “mikne” appears- flocksצֹאןtson
flock
A flock of sheep and goats.
Where else “tson” appears- and herdsבָקָרvakar
cattle, herd
Cattle: cows, oxen, bulls; a herd.
Where else “vakar” appears- and manyרַבָּהraba
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “raba” appears- servantsעֲבֻדָּהavuda
servants, household
Household servants: all the servants of a house.
Where else “avuda” appears- and the Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּיםpelishtim
Philistines
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” appears- enviedיְקַנְאוּyekanu
be jealous
To feel bitterness because another has what one would like.
Where else “yekanu” appears
The context
13The man became great and went on growing greater until he became very great.
14 · This verse (above)
15All the wells that the servants of his father had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped up and filled with dust.
To study Genesis 26 in a group
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?