Genesis 22:19
in Genesis 22Abraham went back to his servants, and they got up and set out together for Beersheba. And Abraham settled in Beersheba.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beer-sheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba.
KJV
So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beer–sheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beer–sheba.
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This verse in Genesis 22
Commentary
3 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Abraham lifted up his eyes . . . and behold . . . a ram, &c.--No method was more admirably calculated to give the patriarch a distinct idea of the purpose of grace than this scenic representation: and hence our Lord's allusion to it (Joh 8:56).
This site's exposition
Abraham went back to his servants
The verse counts the party going home and does not name Isaac. Genesis never again records the father and the son speaking to each other. Beersheba is where Isaac is living when the LORD appears to him in chapter 26; the next thing the book reports is Sarah's death.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
So Abraham returned to his young men,....
The words behind it
14 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּ֤שָׁב | vaiyashov | and he returned | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| אַבְרָהָם֙ | ʾavraham | Abraham | H85 → | 175 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| נְעָרָ֔יו | nearav | servants his | H5288 → | 239 times |
| וַיָּקֻ֛מוּ | vaiyakumu | and they arose | H6965 → | 628 times |
| וַיֵּלְכ֥וּ | vaiyelekhu | and they went | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| יַחְדָּ֖ו | yachdav | together | H3162 → | 141 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| בְּאֵ֣ר | beer | Beer | H884 → | 68 times |
| שָׁ֑בַע | shava' | Sheba | H884 → | 68 times |
| וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב | vaiyeshev | and he dwelt | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| אַבְרָהָ֖ם | ʾavraham | Abraham | H85 → | 175 times |
| בִּבְאֵ֥ר | biver | in Beer | H884 → | 68 times |
| שָֽׁבַע׃ פ | shava' | Sheba | H884 → | 68 times |
וַיָּ֤שָׁבand he returned
vaiyashovH7725 →1056 times
אַבְרָהָם֙Abraham
ʾavrahamH85 →175 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
נְעָרָ֔יוservants his
nearavH5288 →239 times
וַיָּקֻ֛מוּand they arose
vaiyakumuH6965 →628 times
וַיֵּלְכ֥וּand they went
vaiyelekhuH1980 →1546 times
יַחְדָּ֖וtogether
yachdavH3162 →141 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
בְּאֵ֣רBeer
beerH884 →68 times
שָׁ֑בַעSheba
shava'H884 →68 times
וַיֵּ֥שֶׁבand he dwelt
vaiyeshevH3427 →1079 times
אַבְרָהָ֖םAbraham
ʾavrahamH85 →175 times
בִּבְאֵ֥רin Beer
biverH884 →68 times
שָֽׁבַע׃ פSheba
shava'H884 →68 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Genesis 21:31So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.
it leads to
- Genesis 26:33
So he called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the city is Beersheba.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Genesis 21:14
Early in the morning, Abraham got up, took bread and a skin of water, put them on Hagar’s shoulders, and sent her away with the boy. She left and wandered in the Wilderness of…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Judges 20:1
Then all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the congregation assembled as one man before the LORD at Mizpah.
- Genesis 26:33
Through
Judges 20:1Then all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the congregation assembled as one man before the LORD at Mizpah.
it leads to
- Judges 11:11
So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him their leader and commander. And Jephthah repeated all his terms in the presence of the LORD at Mizpah.
- 1 Samuel 3:20
So all Israel from Dan to Beersheba knew that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the LORD.
- Judges 21:5
The Israelites asked, “Who among all the tribes of Israel did not come to the assembly before the LORD?” For they had taken a solemn oath that anyone who failed to come up before…
- 2 Samuel 3:10
to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and to establish the throne of David over Israel and Judah, from Dan to Beersheba.”
- Joshua 22:12
And when they heard this, the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh to go to war against them.
- Judges 11:11
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Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonPatriarchsAbrahamCalled out of Ur, the father of all who believe, justified by faith, and the friend of God through whose seed all nations are bles…
- PlaceThe NegevBeershebaThe well of the oath at the south of the land, where Abraham made his covenant with Abimelech and planted a tamarisk, where Isaac…
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
