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Genesischapter 26

35 verses · Moses, by tradition · 15th to 13th century BC · The Law

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The reading

Weekly portion 6 of 54

תּוֹלְדֹת Toldot, Genesis 25:19 to 28:9

Read with it: Malachi 1:1 to 2:7.

The verse numbers here are the ones a Hebrew Bible carries, which differ from an English Bible by a verse or two in several places. The Sephardi reading is named only where this site records a difference; communities vary beyond what is listed. What these books are, and how a Christian reader meets them →

How it is read

Radak is the one commentator on this chapter whose English the corpus holds under a licence permitting quotation, and he reads it as Isaac walking his father's road a second time. On the famine of the first verse he says only that it fell "in the land of Canaan" (Radak on Genesis 26:1:1, translated by Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash, CC-BY). On Abimelech's discovery at the ninth verse he takes the particle opening the king's speech as the ordinary word for but, and reads the king as arguing from what he had seen to what he now knew (Radak on Genesis 26:9:1). The king's order at the eleventh verse he reads as a public notice with two purposes, that no one touch Rebekah and that no one harm Isaac on her account (Radak on Genesis 26:11:1). On the wells he writes at length, and takes the digging as a claim of undisputed right inside the part of the land promised to Abraham, and the going up to Beersheba as a move onto ground his tradition ranked higher in holiness than the Philistine coast (Radak on Genesis 26:23:1 and 26:24:1). Rashi comments on sixteen verses here and Ibn Ezra on two, and the corpus holds no English of either under a licence permitting quotation, so they stand as citations: Rashi on Genesis 26:2:1, Ibn Ezra on Genesis 26:6:1.

What the rabbis say

The corpus records forty rabbinic locators on this chapter, thirty-eight of them Midrash and two Talmud, and every one is a locator without text, so this site cites where the rabbis took the chapter up rather than what they said there. The famine of the first verse is taken up at Aggadat Bereshit 61:2 and Bereshit Rabbah 25:3, and the promise sworn to Isaac in the third and fourth verses at Aggadat Bereshit 82:2, Bamidbar Rabbah 23:8 and Bamidbar Rabbah 14:12. The hundredfold harvest of the twelfth verse draws Bamidbar Rabbah 12:11, and Abimelech's dismissal at the sixteenth Bamidbar Rabbah 18:21. The wells are the heaviest part of the chapter for the rabbis: Bereshit Rabbah 62:3, Midrash Sekhel Tov, Bereshit 26:20:1, Bamidbar Rabbah 21:8, Bereshit Rabbati, Parashat Toldot 36 and 37, and the one Talmud locator on the well of living water at the nineteenth verse, Berakhot 56b:7. The oath cut with Abimelech at the twenty-eighth verse is taken up at Bereshit Rabbah 28:5, the second Talmud locator standing at the twenty-fourth verse as Avot DeRabbi Natan, Recension B 43:18, and Esau's Hittite wives at the close of the chapter at Bereshit Rabbah 65:4.

The text, verse by verse

Each word shows the Hebrew, the English under it, how it sounds and its Strong’s number. A rule between verses marks where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.

Do Not Go Down to Egypt

26:1
וַיְהִ֤יand it wasvayhiH1961רָעָב֙a famineraavH7458בָּאָ֔רֶץin the landbaaretzH776מִלְּבַד֙<from> <to> besidesmilevadH905הָרָעָ֣בthe famineharaavH7458הָרִאשׁ֔וֹן<the> formerharishonH7223אֲשֶׁ֥רwhichʾasherH834הָיָ֖הit washayahH1961בִּימֵ֣יin [the] days ofbimeiH3117אַבְרָהָ֑םAbrahamʾavrahamH85וַיֵּ֧לֶךְand he wentvaiyelekhH1980יִצְחָ֛קIsaacyitzchakH3327אֶל־toʾel-H413אֲבִימֶּ֥לֶךְAbimelechʾavimelekhH40מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king ofmelekh-H4428פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים[the] PhilistinespelishtimH6430גְּרָֽרָה׃Gerar towardsgerarahH1642
26:2
וַיֵּרָ֤אand he appearedvaiyera'H7200אֵלָיו֙to himʾelavH413יְהוָ֔הYahwehyahwehH3068וַיֹּ֖אמֶרand he saidvaiyomerH559אַל־may notʾal-H408תֵּרֵ֣דyou go downteredH3381מִצְרָ֑יְמָהEgypt towardsmitzrayemahH4714שְׁכֹ֣ןdwellshekhonH7931בָּאָ֔רֶץin the landbaaretzH776אֲשֶׁ֖רwhichʾasherH834אֹמַ֥רI will sayʾomarH559אֵלֶֽיךָ׃to youʾeleikhaH413
26:3
גּ֚וּרsojourngurH1481בָּאָ֣רֶץin the landbaaretzH776הַזֹּ֔את<the> thishazotH2063וְאֶֽהְיֶ֥הso I may beveehyehH1961עִמְּךָ֖with youʾimekhaH5973וַאֲבָרְכֶ֑ךָּand I will bless youvaavarekhekaH1288כִּֽי־forki-H3588לְךָ֣to youlekhaוּֽלְזַרְעֲךָ֗and to offspring yourulezarakhaH2233אֶתֵּן֙I will giveʾetenH5414אֶת־<obj.>ʾet-H853כָּל־allkol-H3605הָֽאֲרָצֹ֣תthe landshaaratzotH776הָאֵ֔ל<the> thesehaelH411וַהֲקִֽמֹתִי֙and I will establishvahakimotiH6965אֶת־<obj.>ʾet-H853הַשְּׁבֻעָ֔הthe oathhashevuahH7621אֲשֶׁ֥רwhichʾasherH834נִשְׁבַּ֖עְתִּיI sworenishba'tiH7650לְאַבְרָהָ֥םto AbrahamleavrahamH85אָבִֽיךָ׃father yourʾavikhaH1
26:4
וְהִרְבֵּיתִ֤יand I will multiplyvehirbeitiH7235אֶֽת־<obj.>ʾet-H853זַרְעֲךָ֙offspring yourzarakhaH2233כְּכוֹכְבֵ֣יlike [the] stars ofkechokhveiH3556הַשָּׁמַ֔יִםthe heavenshashamayimH8064וְנָתַתִּ֣יand I will givevenatatiH5414לְזַרְעֲךָ֔to offspring yourlezarakhaH2233אֵ֥ת<obj.>ʾetH853כָּל־allkol-H3605הָאֲרָצֹ֖תthe landshaaratzotH776הָאֵ֑ל<the> thesehaelH411וְהִתְבָּרֲכ֣וּand they will bless themselvesvehitbarakhuH1288בְזַרְעֲךָ֔by offspring yourvezarakhaH2233כֹּ֖לallkolH3605גּוֹיֵ֥י[the] nations ofgoyeiH1471הָאָֽרֶץ׃the earthhaaretzH776
26:5
עֵ֕קֶבconsequenceʾekevH6118אֲשֶׁר־thatʾasher-H834שָׁמַ֥עhe listenedshama'H8085אַבְרָהָ֖םAbrahamʾavrahamH85בְּקֹלִ֑יto voice mybekoliH6963וַיִּשְׁמֹר֙and he keptvaiyishmorH8104מִשְׁמַרְתִּ֔יduty mymishmartiH4931מִצְוֹתַ֖יcommandments mymitzvotaiH4687חֻקּוֹתַ֥יstatutes mychukotaiH2708וְתוֹרֹתָֽי׃and laws myvetorotaiH8451
26:6
וַיֵּ֥שֶׁבand he dweltvaiyeshevH3427יִצְחָ֖קIsaacyitzchakH3327בִּגְרָֽר׃in GerarbigrarH1642

Isaac Repeats His Father's Lie

26:7
וַֽיִּשְׁאֲל֞וּand they askedvaiyishaluH7592אַנְשֵׁ֤י[the] men ofʾansheiH582הַמָּקוֹם֙the placehamakomH4725לְאִשְׁתּ֔וֹof wife hisleishtoH802וַיֹּ֖אמֶרand he saidvaiyomerH559אֲחֹ֣תִי[is] sister myʾachotiH269הִ֑ואshehi'H1931כִּ֤יforkiH3588יָרֵא֙he was afraidyare'H3372לֵאמֹ֣רto saylemorH559אִשְׁתִּ֔יwife myʾishtiH802פֶּן־lestpen-H6435יַֽהַרְגֻ֜נִיthey should kill meyaharguniH2026אַנְשֵׁ֤י[the] men ofʾansheiH582הַמָּקוֹם֙the placehamakomH4725עַל־onʾal-H5921רִבְקָ֔הRebekahrivkahH7259כִּֽי־forki-H3588טוֹבַ֥ת[was] good oftovatH2896מַרְאֶ֖הappearancemarehH4758הִֽיא׃shehi'H1931
26:8
וַיְהִ֗יand it wasvayhiH1961כִּ֣יthatkiH3588אָֽרְכוּ־they had become longʾarekhu-H748ל֥וֹto <the> himloשָׁם֙thereshamH8033הַיָּמִ֔יםthe dayshaiyamimH3117וַיַּשְׁקֵ֗ףand he looked downvaiyashkefH8259אֲבִימֶ֙לֶךְ֙AbimelechʾavimelekhH40מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king ofmelekhH4428פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים[the] PhilistinespelishtimH6430בְּעַ֖דthroughbeadH1157הַֽחַלּ֑וֹןthe windowhachalonH2474וַיַּ֗רְאand he sawvaiyar'H7200וְהִנֵּ֤הand there!vehinehH2009יִצְחָק֙IsaacyitzchakH3327מְצַחֵ֔ק[was] playingmetzachekH6711אֵ֖תwithʾetH854רִבְקָ֥הRebekahrivkahH7259אִשְׁתּֽוֹ׃wife hisʾishtoH802
26:9
וַיִּקְרָ֨אand he summonedvaiyikra'H7121אֲבִימֶ֜לֶךְAbimelechʾavimelekhH40לְיִצְחָ֗ק<to> IsaacleyitzchakH3327וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙and he saidvaiyomerH559אַ֣ךְsurelyʾakhH389הִנֵּ֤הhere!hinehH2009אִשְׁתְּךָ֙[is] wife yourʾishtekhaH802הִ֔ואshehi'H1931וְאֵ֥יךְand how?veeikhH349אָמַ֖רְתָּdid you sayʾamartaH559אֲחֹ֣תִי[is] sister myʾachotiH269הִ֑ואshehi'H1931וַיֹּ֤אמֶרand he saidvaiyomerH559אֵלָיו֙to himʾelavH413יִצְחָ֔קIsaacyitzchakH3327כִּ֣יforkiH3588אָמַ֔רְתִּיI thoughtʾamartiH559פֶּן־lestpen-H6435אָמ֖וּתI should dieʾamutH4191עָלֶֽיהָ׃on herʾaleihaH5921
26:10
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרand he saidvaiyomerH559אֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְAbimelechʾavimelekhH40מַה־what?mah-H4100זֹּ֖אתthiszotH2063עָשִׂ֣יתָhave you doneʾasitaH6213לָּ֑נוּto <the> uslanuכִּ֠מְעַטlike a littlekimatH4592שָׁכַ֞בhe lay withshakhavH7901אַחַ֤דone ofʾachadH259הָעָם֙the peoplehaamH5971אֶת־<obj.>ʾet-H853אִשְׁתֶּ֔ךָwife yourʾishtekhaH802וְהֵבֵאתָ֥and you will bringvehevetaH935עָלֵ֖ינוּon usʾaleinuH5921אָשָֽׁם׃guiltʾashamH817
26:11
וַיְצַ֣וand he commandedvaytzavH6680אֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְAbimelechʾavimelekhH40אֶת־<obj.>ʾet-H853כָּל־allkol-H3605הָעָ֖םthe peoplehaamH5971לֵאמֹ֑ר<to> sayinglemorH559הַנֹּגֵ֜עַwho [-ever] toucheshanogea'H5060בָּאִ֥ישׁ<in> the manbaishH376הַזֶּ֛ה<the> thishazehH2088וּבְאִשְׁתּ֖וֹand <in> wife hisuveishtoH802מ֥וֹתcertainly <to die>motH4191יוּמָֽת׃he will be put to deathyumatH4191

Radak on Genesis 26:11

RadakProvence, 1160–1235· Commentary
ויצו, after Avimelech had found out that Rivkah was Yitzchok’s wife, he had to inform the people of this fact to ensure that no one would touch her.

Read it in full at Sefaria · Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash

Wells Dug and Wells Stopped

26:12
וַיִּזְרַ֤עand he sowedvaiyizra'H2232יִצְחָק֙IsaacyitzchakH3327בָּאָ֣רֶץin the landbaaretzH776הַהִ֔וא<the> thathahiv'H1931וַיִּמְצָ֛אand he foundvaiyimtza'H4672בַּשָּׁנָ֥הin the yearbashanahH8141הַהִ֖וא<the> thathahiv'H1931מֵאָ֣הone hundredmeahH3967שְׁעָרִ֑יםmeasuresshearimH8180וַֽיְבָרֲכֵ֖הוּand he blessed himvayvarakhehuH1288יְהוָֽה׃YahwehyahwehH3068

Ibn Ezra on Genesis 26:12

Ibn EzraSpain, 1089–1167· Commentary
The word sha’ar means the same as the Rabbinic term shi’ur (estimate, reckon).

Read it in full at Sefaria · Ibn Ezra's commentary on the Pentateuch, tran. and annot. by H. Norman Strickman and Arthur M. Silver. Menorah Pub., 1988-2004

26:13
וַיִּגְדַּ֖לand he became greatvaiyigdalH1431הָאִ֑ישׁthe manhaishH376וַיֵּ֤לֶךְand he wentvaiyelekhH1980הָלוֹךְ֙continuously <to go>halokhH1980וְגָדֵ֔לand becoming greatvegadelH1432עַ֥דuntilʾadH5704כִּֽי־forki-H3588גָדַ֖לhe became greatgadalH1431מְאֹֽד׃exceedinglymeodH3966

Ibn Ezra on Genesis 26:13

Ibn EzraSpain, 1089–1167· Commentary
Ve-gadel (and grew) is a perfect. 10 The word grew is written twice in the second part of the sentence.

Read it in full at Sefaria · Ibn Ezra's commentary on the Pentateuch, tran. and annot. by H. Norman Strickman and Arthur M. Silver. Menorah Pub., 1988-2004

26:14
וַֽיְהִי־and it be[longed]vayhi-H1961ל֤וֹto <the> himloמִקְנֵה־livestock ofmikneh-H4735צֹאן֙flocktzonH6629וּמִקְנֵ֣הand livestock ofumiknehH4735בָקָ֔רherdvakarH1241וַעֲבֻדָּ֖הand servicevaavudahH5657רַבָּ֑הmuchrabahH7227וַיְקַנְא֥וּand they enviedvaykanuH7065אֹת֖וֹ<obj.> himʾotoH853פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃[the] PhilistinespelishtimH6430

Ramban on Genesis 26:14

RambanSpain, 1194–1270· Commentary
AND HE HAD POSSESSIONS OF FLOCKS, AND POSSESSIONS OF HERDS, AND A GREAT HOUSEHOLD, meaning she-asses and camels, he-asses, and men-servants and handmaids. Now Scripture mentions these but not silver and gold, as it says concerning Abraham, 167 Ibid.,:2.

Read it in full at Sefaria · Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976

26:15
וְכָל־and allvekholH3605הַבְּאֵרֹ֗תthe wellshabeerotH875אֲשֶׁ֤רwhichʾasherH834חָֽפְרוּ֙they had dugchaferuH2658עַבְדֵ֣י[the] servants ofʾavdeiH5650אָבִ֔יוfather hisʾavivH1בִּימֵ֖יin [the] days ofbimeiH3117אַבְרָהָ֣םAbrahamʾavrahamH85אָבִ֑יוfather hisʾavivH1סִתְּמ֣וּםthey stopped up themsitemumH5640פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים[the] PhilistinespelishtimH6430וַיְמַלְא֖וּםand they filled themvaymalumH4390עָפָֽר׃earthʾafarH6083
26:16
וַיֹּ֥אמֶרand he saidvaiyomerH559אֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְAbimelechʾavimelekhH40אֶל־toʾel-H413יִצְחָ֑קIsaacyitzchakH3327לֵ֚ךְgolekhH1980מֵֽעִמָּ֔נוּfrom with <the> usmeimanuH5973כִּֽי־forki-H3588עָצַֽמְתָּ־you have become [too] powerfulʾatzamta-H6105מִמֶּ֖נּוּfor usmimenuH4480מְאֹֽד׃muchmeodH3966
26:17
וַיֵּ֥לֶךְand he wentvaiyelekhH1980מִשָּׁ֖םfrom theremishamH8033יִצְחָ֑קIsaacyitzchakH3327וַיִּ֥חַןand he encampedvaiyichanH2583בְּנַֽחַל־in [the] wadi ofbenachal-H5158גְּרָ֖רGerargerarH1642וַיֵּ֥שֶׁבand he dweltvaiyeshevH3427שָֽׁם׃thereshamH8033
26:18
וַיָּ֨שָׁבand he returnedvaiyashovH7725יִצְחָ֜קIsaacyitzchakH3327וַיַּחְפֹּ֣ר׀and he dugvaiyachporH2658אֶת־<obj.>ʾet-H853בְּאֵרֹ֣ת[the] wells ofbeerotH875הַמַּ֗יִם<the> waterhamayimH4325אֲשֶׁ֤רwhichʾasherH834חָֽפְרוּ֙people had dugchaferuH2658בִּימֵי֙in [the] days ofbimeiH3117אַבְרָהָ֣םAbrahamʾavrahamH85אָבִ֔יוfather hisʾavivH1וַיְסַתְּמ֣וּםand they had stopped up themvaysatemumH5640פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים[the] PhilistinespelishtimH6430אַחֲרֵ֖יafterʾachareiH310מ֣וֹת[the] death ofmotH4194אַבְרָהָ֑םAbrahamʾavrahamH85וַיִּקְרָ֤אand he calledvaiyikra'H7121לָהֶן֙<to> <the> themlahenשֵׁמ֔וֹתnamesshemotH8034כַּשֵּׁמֹ֕תlike the nameskashemotH8034אֲשֶׁר־whichʾasher-H834קָרָ֥אhe had calledkara'H7121לָהֶ֖ן<to> <the> themlahenאָבִֽיו׃father hisʾavivH1
26:19
וַיַּחְפְּר֥וּand they dugvaiyachperuH2658עַבְדֵֽי־[the] servants ofʾavdei-H5650יִצְחָ֖קIsaacyitzchakH3327בַּנָּ֑חַלin the wadibanachalH5158וַיִּ֨מְצְאוּ־and they foundvaiyimtzeu-H4672שָׁ֔םthereshamH8033בְּאֵ֖רa well ofbeerH875מַ֥יִםwatermayimH4325חַיִּֽים׃livingchaiyimH2416
26:20
וַיָּרִ֜יבוּand they disputedvaiyarivuH7378רֹעֵ֣י[the] herdsmen ofroeiH7462גְרָ֗רGerargerarH1642עִם־withʾim-H5973רֹעֵ֥י[the] herdsmen ofroeiH7462יִצְחָ֛קIsaacyitzchakH3327לֵאמֹ֖ר<to> sayinglemorH559לָ֣נוּ[belongs] to <the> uslanuהַמָּ֑יִםthe waterhamayimH4325וַיִּקְרָ֤אand he calledvaiyikra'H7121שֵֽׁם־[the] name ofshem-H8034הַבְּאֵר֙the wellhabeerH875עֵ֔שֶׂקEsekʾesekH6230כִּ֥יforkiH3588הִֽתְעַשְּׂק֖וּthey quarreledhitasekuH6229עִמּֽוֹ׃with himimoH5973
26:21
וַֽיַּחְפְּרוּ֙and they dugvaiyachperuH2658בְּאֵ֣רa wellbeerH875אַחֶ֔רֶתanotherʾacheretH312וַיָּרִ֖יבוּand they disputedvaiyarivuH7378גַּם־alsogam-H1571עָלֶ֑יהָon itʾaleihaH5921וַיִּקְרָ֥אand he calledvaiyikra'H7121שְׁמָ֖הּname itsshemahH8034שִׂטְנָֽה׃SitnahsitnahH7856
26:22
וַיַּעְתֵּ֣קand he moved onvaiya'tekH6275מִשָּׁ֗םfrom theremishamH8033וַיַּחְפֹּר֙and he dugvaiyachporH2658בְּאֵ֣רa wellbeerH875אַחֶ֔רֶתanotherʾacheretH312וְלֹ֥אand notvelo'H3808רָב֖וּthey disputedravuH7378עָלֶ֑יהָon itʾaleihaH5921וַיִּקְרָ֤אand he calledvaiyikra'H7121שְׁמָהּ֙name itsshemahH8034רְחֹב֔וֹתRehobothrechovotH7344וַיֹּ֗אמֶרand he saidvaiyomerH559כִּֽי־thatki-H3588עַתָּ֞הnowʾatahH6258הִרְחִ֧יבhe has made spacehirchivH7337יְהוָ֛הYahwehyahwehH3068לָ֖נוּfor <the> uslanuוּפָרִ֥ינוּand we will be fruitfulufarinuH6509בָאָֽרֶץ׃in the landvaaretzH776

The Oath at Beersheba

26:23
וַיַּ֥עַלand he went upvaiyaalH5927מִשָּׁ֖םfrom theremishamH8033בְּאֵ֥רBeerbeerH884שָֽׁבַע׃Shebashava'H884
26:24
וַיֵּרָ֨אand he appearedvaiyera'H7200אֵלָ֤יוto himʾelavH413יְהוָה֙YahwehyahwehH3068בַּלַּ֣יְלָהin the nightbalaylahH3915הַה֔וּא<the> thathahu'H1931וַיֹּ֕אמֶרand he saidvaiyomerH559אָנֹכִ֕יIʾanokhiH595אֱלֹהֵ֖י[am] [the] God ofʾeloheiH430אַבְרָהָ֣םAbrahamʾavrahamH85אָבִ֑יךָfather yourʾavikhaH1אַל־may notʾal-H408תִּירָא֙you be afraidtira'H3372כִּֽי־forki-H3588אִתְּךָ֣[am] with youʾitekhaH854אָנֹ֔כִיIʾanokhiH595וּבֵֽרַכְתִּ֙יךָ֙and I will bless youuverakhtikhaH1288וְהִרְבֵּיתִ֣יand I will multiplyvehirbeitiH7235אֶֽת־<obj.>ʾet-H853זַרְעֲךָ֔offspring yourzarakhaH2233בַּעֲב֖וּרforsake ofbaavurH5668אַבְרָהָ֥םAbrahamʾavrahamH85עַבְדִּֽי׃servant myʾavdiH5650
26:25
וַיִּ֧בֶןand he builtvaiyivenH1129שָׁ֣םthereshamH8033מִזְבֵּ֗חַan altarmizbeachH4196וַיִּקְרָא֙and he calledvaiyikra'H7121בְּשֵׁ֣םon [the] name ofbeshemH8034יְהוָ֔הYahwehyahwehH3068וַיֶּט־and he pitchedvaiyet-H5186שָׁ֖םthereshamH8033אָהֳל֑וֹtent hisʾoholoH168וַיִּכְרוּ־and they dugvaiyikhru-H3738שָׁ֥םthereshamH8033עַבְדֵי־[the] servants ofʾavdei-H5650יִצְחָ֖קIsaacyitzchakH3327בְּאֵֽר׃a wellbeerH875
26:26
וַאֲבִימֶ֕לֶךְand AbimelechvaavimelekhH40הָלַ֥ךְhe camehalakhH1980אֵלָ֖יוto himʾelavH413מִגְּרָ֑רfrom GerarmigerarH1642וַאֲחֻזַּת֙and AhuzzahvaachuzatH276מֵֽרֵעֵ֔הוּclose friend hismereehuH4828וּפִיכֹ֖לand PhicolufikholH6369שַׂר־[the] commander ofsar-H8269צְבָאֽוֹ׃army histzevaoH6635
26:27
וַיֹּ֤אמֶרand he saidvaiyomerH559אֲלֵהֶם֙to themʾalehemH413יִצְחָ֔קIsaacyitzchakH3327מַדּ֖וּעַwhy?madua'H4069בָּאתֶ֣םhave you comebatemH935אֵלָ֑יto meʾelaiH413וְאַתֶּם֙and youveatemH859שְׂנֵאתֶ֣םyou hatesenetemH8130אֹתִ֔י<obj.> meʾotiH853וַתְּשַׁלְּח֖וּנִיand you sent away mevateshalechuniH7971מֵאִתְּכֶֽם׃from with <the> youmeitekhemH854
26:28
וַיֹּאמְר֗וּand they saidvaiyomeruH559רָא֣וֹcertainly <to see>raoH7200רָאִינוּ֮we have seenrainuH7200כִּֽי־thatki-H3588הָיָ֣הhe has beenhayahH1961יְהוָ֣ה׀YahwehyahwehH3068עִמָּךְ֒with youʾimokhH5973וַנֹּ֗אמֶרand we saidvanomerH559תְּהִ֨יlet it betehiH1961נָ֥אpleasena'H4994אָלָ֛הan oathʾalahH423בֵּינוֹתֵ֖ינוּbetween usbeinoteinuH996בֵּינֵ֣ינוּbetween usbeineinuH996וּבֵינֶ֑ךָand between youuveinekhaH996וְנִכְרְתָ֥הand let us makevenikhretahH3772בְרִ֖יתa covenantveritH1285עִמָּֽךְ׃with youʾimakhH5973
26:29
אִם־ifʾim-H518תַּעֲשֵׂ֨הyou will dotaasehH6213עִמָּ֜נוּwith usʾimanuH5973רָעָ֗הharmraahH7451כַּאֲשֶׁר֙just askaasherH834לֹ֣אnotlo'H3808נְגַֽעֲנ֔וּךָwe have touched younegaanukhaH5060וְכַאֲשֶׁ֨רand just asvekhaasherH834עָשִׂ֤ינוּwe have doneʾasinuH6213עִמְּךָ֙with youʾimekhaH5973רַק־onlyrak-H7535ט֔וֹבgoodtovH2896וַנְּשַׁלֵּֽחֲךָ֖and we sent away youvaneshalechakhaH7971בְּשָׁל֑וֹםin peacebeshalomH7965אַתָּ֥הyouʾatahH859עַתָּ֖הnowʾatahH6258בְּר֥וּךְ[are] blessed ofberukhH1288יְהוָֽה׃YahwehyahwehH3068
26:30
וַיַּ֤עַשׂand he preparedvaiyaasH6213לָהֶם֙for <the> themlahemמִשְׁתֶּ֔הa feastmishtehH4960וַיֹּאכְל֖וּand they atevaiyokheluH398וַיִּשְׁתּֽוּ׃and they drankvaiyishtuH8354
26:31
וַיַּשְׁכִּ֣ימוּand they rose earlyvaiyashkimuH7925בַבֹּ֔קֶרin the morningvabokerH1242וַיִּשָּׁבְע֖וּand they swore an oathvaiyishaveuH7650אִ֣ישׁeachʾishH376לְאָחִ֑יוto brother hisleachivH251וַיְשַׁלְּחֵ֣םand he sent off themvayshalechemH7971יִצְחָ֔קIsaacyitzchakH3327וַיֵּלְכ֥וּand they wentvaiyelekhuH1980מֵאִתּ֖וֹfrom with <the> himmeitoH854בְּשָׁלֽוֹם׃in peacebeshalomH7965
26:32
וַיְהִ֣י׀and it wasvayhiH1961בַּיּ֣וֹםon the daybaiyomH3117הַה֗וּא<the> thathahu'H1931וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙and they camevaiyavouH935עַבְדֵ֣י[the] servants ofʾavdeiH5650יִצְחָ֔קIsaacyitzchakH3327וַיַּגִּ֣דוּand they toldvaiyagiduH5046ל֔וֹto <the> himloעַל־onʾal-H5921אֹד֥וֹת[the] causes ofʾodotH182הַבְּאֵ֖רthe wellhabeerH875אֲשֶׁ֣רwhichʾasherH834חָפָ֑רוּthey had dugchafaruH2658וַיֹּ֥אמְרוּand they saidvaiyomeruH559ל֖וֹto <the> himloמָצָ֥אנוּwe have foundmatzanuH4672מָֽיִם׃watermayimH4325
26:33
וַיִּקְרָ֥אand he calledvaiyikra'H7121אֹתָ֖הּ<obj.> itʾotahH853שִׁבְעָ֑הShibahshivahH7656עַל־there-ʾal-H5921כֵּ֤ן-forekenH3651שֵׁם־[the] name ofshem-H8034הָעִיר֙the cityhairH5892בְּאֵ֣ר[is] BeerbeerH884שֶׁ֔בַעShebasheva'H884עַ֖דuntilʾadH5704הַיּ֥וֹםthe dayhaiyomH3117הַזֶּֽה׃<the> thishazehH2088

Esau's Bitter Marriages

26:34
וַיְהִ֤יand he wasvayhiH1961עֵשָׂו֙EsauʾesavH6215בֶּן־a son ofben-H1121אַרְבָּעִ֣יםfortyʾarbaimH705שָׁנָ֔הyear[s]shanahH8141וַיִּקַּ֤חand he tookvaiyikachH3947אִשָּׁה֙a wifeʾishahH802אֶת־<obj.>ʾet-H853יְהוּדִ֔יתJudithyehuditH3067בַּת־[the] daughter ofbat-H1323בְּאֵרִ֖יBeeribeeriH882הַֽחִתִּ֑יthe HittitehachitiH2850וְאֶת־and <obj.>veetH853בָּ֣שְׂמַ֔תBasemathbasematH1315בַּת־[the] daughter ofbat-H1323אֵילֹ֖ןElonʾeilonH356הַֽחִתִּֽי׃the HittitehachitiH2850
26:35
וַתִּהְיֶ֖יןָand they werevatihyeinaH1961מֹ֣רַתbitterness ofmoratH4786ר֑וּחַspiritruachH7307לְיִצְחָ֖קto IsaacleyitzchakH3327וּלְרִבְקָֽה׃and to RebekahulerivkahH7259

Hebrew words in this chapter

The 40 most used Hebrew words of the chapter, counted by lemma. The article, the object marker, the negatives and the common prepositions are left out.

WordSense hereUsesStrong’s
אָמַרʼâmarto say18H559
יִצְחָקYitschâqIsaac16H3327
שָׁםshâmthere9H8033
אֶרֶץʼeretsland8H776
אַבְרָהָםʼAbrâhâmAbraham8H85
קָרָאqârâʼto call8H7121
בְּאֵרbᵉʼêrwell8H875
הָלַךְhâlakwent7H1980
אֲבִימֶלֶךְʼĂbîymelekAbimelech7H40
יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhyahweh7H3068
אִשָּׁהʼishshâhof wife his7H802
חָפַרchâpharthey had dug7H2658
שֵׁםshêmname7H8034
יוֹםyôwmday6H3117
אָבʼâbfather6H1
פְּלִשְׁתִּיPᵉlishtîyphilistines5H6430
גְּרָרGᵉrârGerar5H1642
רָאָהrâʼâhand he appeared5H7200
בָרַךְbârakto bless5H1288
זֶרַעzeraʻand to offspring your5H2233
WordSense hereUsesStrong’s
עֶבֶדʻebedservants of5H5650
עָשָׂהʻâsâhhave you done4H6213
מַיִםmayimwater4H4325
בְּאֵר שֶׁבַעBᵉʼêr Shebaʻbeer4H884
רִבְקָהRibqâhRebekah3H7259
מוּתmûwthto die3H4191
בּוֹאbôwʼto come3H935
אִישׁʼîyshman3H376
מָצָאmâtsâʼand he found3H4672
רִיבrîyband they disputed3H7378
שָׁלַחshâlachand you sent away me3H7971
רָעָבrâʻâbfamine2H7458
מֶלֶךְmelekking of2H4428
נָתַןnâthanto give2H5414
אֵלʼêlthese2H411
שָׁבַעshâbaʻI swore2H7650
רָבָהrâbâhto multiply2H7235
יָשַׁבyâshaband he dwelt2H3427
אֱנוֹשׁʼĕnôwshmen of2H582
מָקוֹםmâqôwmplace2H4725

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Sources for this chapter

The Hebrew text

STEP Bible, the tagged Hebrew text and its English glosses and James Strong, Strong's Exhaustive Concordance.

In Jewish life

Radak, Radak on Genesis 26:1:1, 26:9:1, 26:11:1, 26:16:1, 26:23:1 and 26:24:1, translated by Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash, CC-BY; Rashi, Rashi on Genesis 26:2:1 and fifteen further verses of this chapter, cited only, no English version in the corpus under a licence permitting quotation; Ibn Ezra, Ibn Ezra on Genesis 26:6:1 and 26:19:1, cited only; Midrash, Bereshit Rabbah 25:3, 28:5, 62:3, 64:5, 64:6 and 65:4; Aggadat Bereshit 61:2, 82:2, 13:1, 33:1, 40:3 and 47:1; Bamidbar Rabbah 10:5, 12:11, 14:12, 18:21, 21:8 and 23:8; Bereshit Rabbati, Parashat Toldot 36 and 37; Midrash Sekhel Tov, Bereshit 26:20:1; Babylonian Talmud, Berakhot 56b:7 and Avot DeRabbi Natan, Avot DeRabbi Natan, Recension B 43:18.

The rabbinic texts

Ramban, Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976; Ibn Ezra, Ibn Ezra's commentary on the Pentateuch, tran. and annot. by H. Norman Strickman and Arthur M. Silver. Menorah Pub., 1988-2004; Radak, Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash and Sefaria, texts and citation data.

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