Genesis 26:17 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 26:17

So Isaac left that place and encamped in the Valley of Gerar and settled there.

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ASV

And Isaac departed thence, and encamped in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.

KJV

And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.

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Commentary

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Hebrew Questions on Genesis (420)

(Verse 17.) And Isaac departed from there and came to the valley of Gerar, and he dwelt there. The valley has a stream in Hebrew. For Isaac could not dwell in the valley after he became great. However, he dwelt by the stream, of which it is written: He shall drink from the brook by the way (Psalm 110:7). Also, during the time of famine, Elijah drank from that stream. But because Elijah was not perfect like Christ, therefore that stream dried up for him (1 Kings 17:7).

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And Isaac departed thence,.... At once, peaceably and quietly, though to his loss and disadvantage, without taking himself either to argument or arms, in favour of himself; he departed immediately, as soon as he perceived his abode was disagreeable to the king and his people; which gives us a very agree, able idea of the calm and peaceable disposition of Isaac: and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there; at some distance from the city of Gerar, as Jarchi observes.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ	vai.Ye.lekh	and he went	H1980 →
מִשָּׁ֖ם	mi.Sham	from there	H8033 →
יִצְחָ֑ק	yitz.Chak	Isaac	H3327 →
וַיִּ֥חַן	vai.Yi.chan	and he encamped	H2583 →
בְּנַֽחַל־	be.na.chal-	in [the] wadi of	H5158 →
גְּרָ֖ר	ge.Rar	Gerar	H1642 →
וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב	vai.Ye.shev	and he dwelt	H3427 →
שָֽׁם׃	Sham	there	H8033 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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