Genesis 26:8 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 26:8

When Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked down from the window and was surprised to see Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.

BSB

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ASV

And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.

KJV

And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.

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Commentary

3 voices

Clement of Alexandria

The Instructor Book 1 (215)

Isaac means "rejoicing." The inquisitive king saw him playing with his wife and helpmate, Rebekah. The king (his name was Abimelech) represents, I believe, a wisdom above this world, looking down upon the mystery signified by such childlike playing. Rebekah means "submission." Oh, what prudent playing! Rejoicing joined to submission, with the king as audience. The Spirit exults in such merrymaking in Christ, attended with submissiveness.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

This Abimelech was not the same that was in Abraham's days, chap. xx, 2-18, for this was near an hundred years after, but that was the common name of the Philistine kings, as Caesar of the Roman emperors.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife - Whatever may be the precise meaning of the word, it evidently implies that there were liberties taken and freedom used on the occasion, which were not lawful but between man and wife.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיְהִ֗י	vay.Hi	and it was	H1961 →
כִּ֣י	ki	that	H3588 →
אָֽרְכוּ־	'a.re.khu-	they had become long	H748 →
ל֥וֹ	lo	to <the> him
שָׁם֙	sham	there	H8033 →
הַיָּמִ֔ים	hai.ya.Mim	the days	H3117 →
וַיַּשְׁקֵ֗ף	vai.yash.Kef	and he looked down	H8259 →
אֲבִימֶ֙לֶךְ֙	'a.vi.Me.lekh	Abimelech	H40 →
מֶ֣לֶךְ	Me.lekh	[the] king of	H4428 →
פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים	pe.lish.Tim	[the] Philistines	H6430 →
בְּעַ֖ד	be.'Ad	through	H1157 →
הַֽחַלּ֑וֹן	ha.cha.Lon	the window	H2474 →
וַיַּ֗רְא	vai.Yar'	and he saw	H7200 →
וְהִנֵּ֤ה	ve.hi.Neh	and there!	H2009 →
יִצְחָק֙	yitz.Chak	Isaac	H3327 →
מְצַחֵ֔ק	me.tza.Chek	[was] playing	H6711 →
אֵ֖ת	'et	with	H854 →
רִבְקָ֥ה	riv.Kah	Rebekah	H7259 →
אִשְׁתּֽוֹ׃	'ish.To	wife his	H802 →

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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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Song of Solomon 2:9
My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look, he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice.
leads to
- Song of Solomon 8:14
  Come away, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Song of Solomon 2:17
  Before the day breaks and shadows flee, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of Bether.
Through
Isaiah 62:5
For as a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you; and as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.
leads to
- Isaiah 65:19
  I will rejoice in Jerusalem and take delight in My people. The sounds of weeping and crying will no longer be heard in her.
- Isaiah 62:4
  No longer will you be called Forsaken, nor your land named Desolate; but you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for the LORD will take delight in you, and your land will…
- Hebrews 12:2
  Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand…
- Isaiah 49:18–22
  Lift up your eyes and look around. They all gather together; they come to you. As surely as I live,” declares the LORD, “you will wear them all as jewelry and put them on…
- Psalms 45:11–16
  and the king will desire your beauty; bow to him, for he is your lord.
Through
Judges 5:28
Sisera’s mother looked through the window; she peered through the lattice and lamented: ‘Why is his chariot so long in coming? What has delayed the clatter of his chariots?’
leads to
- 2 Kings 1:2
  Now Ahaziah had fallen through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria and injured himself. So he sent messengers and instructed them: “Go inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will…

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02Original language & word study

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About Genesis

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Genesis