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Isaacיִצְחָקsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto them,אֲלֵהֶם“Whyמַדּוּעַhave you comeבָּאתֶםto me,אֵלָיwhen youוְאַתֶּםhatedשְׂנֵאתֶםmeאֹתִיand sent me awayוַתְּשַׁלְּחוּנִיfrom you?”מֵאִתְּכֶם
Genesis 26:27
Study it in the app“Isaac said to them, “Why have you come to me, when you hated me and sent me away from you?””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 26:27, word by word
- Isaacיִצְחָקyitschak
Isaac
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” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Whyמַדּוּעַmadua
why?
Why? For what reason?
Where else “madua” appears- have you comeבָּאתֶםbatem
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “batem” appears- hatedשְׂנֵאתֶםsenetem
hate
To feel rejection and hostility toward someone, to the point of wishing him harm.
Where else “senetem” appears- and sent me awayתְּשַׁלְּחוּteshalchu
send away
To send away, or divorce one's wife.
Where else “teshalchu” appears
The context
26Abimelech went to him from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his friend and Phicol, the commander of his army.
27 · This verse (above)
28They said, “We have clearly seen that YHWH has been with you; so we said, ‘Let there now be an imprecation between us, between us and you, and let us make a covenant with you,
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?