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They rose earlyוַיַּשְׁכִּימוּin the morningבַבֹּקֶרand sworeוַיִּשָּׁבְעוּoneאִישׁto another;לְאָחִיוand Isaacוַ יִצְחָקsent them away,יְשַׁלְּחֵםand they wentוַיֵּלְכוּfrom himמֵאִתּוֹin peace.בְּשָׁלוֹם
Genesis 26:31
Study it in the app“They rose early in the morning and swore one to another; and Isaac sent them away, and they went from him in peace.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 26:31, word by word
- They rose earlyיַּשְׁכִּימוּyashkimu
rise early
To get up early to do something.
Where else “yashkimu” appears- in the morningבֹּקֶרboker
morning
Morning, dawn.
Where else “boker” appears- and sworeיִּשָּׁבְעוּyishavu
swear
To promise with God as witness.
Where else “yishavu” appears- oneאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- to anotherאָחִיachi
one another
Together with "one", it is used to say "one another".
Where else “achi” appears- and 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- sent them awayיְשַׁלְּחֵyeshalche
send away
To send away, or divorce one's wife.
Where else “yeshalche” appears- and they wentיֵּלְכוּyelchu
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelchu” appears- in peaceשָׁלוֹםshalom
peace
Living without war or quarrels, in harmony.
Where else “shalom” appears
The context
30He made them a feast, and they ate and drank.
31 · This verse (above)
32On that day Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well that they had dug, and said to him, “We have found water.”
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?