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and they wereוַתִּהְיֶיןָbitternessמֹרַתof spiritרוּחַto Isaacלְיִצְחָקand to Rebekah.וּלְרִבְקָה
Genesis 26:35
Study it in the app“and they were bitterness of spirit to Isaac and to Rebekah.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 26:35, word by word
- and they wereתִּהְיֶיןָtihyena
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “tihyena” appears- bitternessמֹרַתmorat
bitterness
Bitterness, grief.
Where else “morat” appears- of spiritרוּחַruach
spirit
What moves a person inside: their life, their mood.
Where else “ruach” appears- to 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- and to Rebekahרִבְקָהrivka
Rebekah
Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel, wife of Isaac; mother of Esau and Jacob.
Where else “rivka” appears
The context
34When Esau was forty years old, he took as wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite;
35 · This verse (above)
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?