Study it in the app“They 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,”
They said,וַיֹּאמְרוּ“We have clearly seenרָאוֹ רָאִינוּthatכִּיYHWHיְהוָהhas beenהָיָהwith you;עִמָּךְso we said,וַנֹּאמֶר‘Let there now beתְּהִי נָאan imprecationאָלָהbetween us,בֵּינוֹתֵינוּbetween usבֵּינֵינוּand you,וּבֵינֶךָand let us makeוְנִכְרְתָהa covenantבְרִיתwith you,עִמָּךְ
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appearssee
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “rao” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appearsoath
An oath that brings a curse if broken.
Where else “ala” appearsmake a covenant
Literally "cut": to seal a solemn agreement, splitting animals.
Where else “nichrta” appearscovenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “verit” appears27Isaac said to them, “Why have you come to me, when you hated me and sent me away from you?”
28 · This verse (above)
29that you will not do us harm, just as we have not touched you and just as we have done to you only good and have sent you away in peace. You are now the blessed of YHWH.’”
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?
