that you will notאִםdoתַּעֲשֵׂהusעִמָּנוּharm,רָעָהjust asכַּאֲשֶׁרwe have not touchedלֹא נְגַעֲנוּyouךָand just asוְכַאֲשֶׁרwe have doneעָשִׂינוּto youעִמְּךָonlyרַקgoodטוֹבand have sent you awayוַנְּשַׁלֵּחֲךָin peace.בְּשָׁלוֹםYouאַתָּהare nowעַתָּהthe blessedבְּרוּךְof YHWH.’”יְהוָה
Genesis 26:29
Study it in the app“that 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.’””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 26:29, word by word
- doתַּעֲשֵׂהtaase
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “taase” appears- harmרָעָהraa
harm
Something that hurts, a disaster.
Where else “raa” appears- we have not touchedנְגַעֲנוּnegaanu
touch
To lay a hand or finger on something, sometimes to take it or harm it.
Where else “negaanu” appears- goodטוֹבtov
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appears- and have sent you awayנְּשַׁלֵּחֲneshaleach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “neshaleach” appears- in peaceשָׁלוֹםshalom
peace
Living without war or quarrels, in harmony.
Where else “shalom” appears- the blessedבְּרוּךְberuch
bless
God gives good things: life, children, harvests.
Where else “beruch” appears- of YHWH.’יְהוָהyehva
YHWH
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” appears
The context
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,
29 · This verse (above)
30He made them a feast, and they ate and drank.
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?