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So Isaacוַ יִצְחָקlivedיֵּשֶׁבin Gerar.בִּגְרָר
Genesis 26:6
Study it in the app“So Isaac lived in Gerar.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 26:6, word by word
- So 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- livedיֵּשֶׁבyeshev
stay
To remain in a place.
Where else “yeshev” appears- in Gerarגְרָרgerar
Gerar
Gerar, a city in the south of Canaan, near the land of the Philistines.
Where else “gerar” appears
The context
5because Abraham listened to my voice and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my instructions.”
6 · This verse (above)
7The men of the place asked about his wife, and he said, “She is my sister,” for he was afraid to say, “My wife,” thinking, “lest the men of the place kill me on account of Rebekah, for she is beautiful in appearance.”
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?