Genesis 26:25

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of Jehovah, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a well.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּ֧בֶן שָׁ֣ם מִזְבֵּ֗חַ וַיִּקְרָא֙ בְּשֵׁ֣ם יְהוָ֔ה וַיֶּט־שָׁ֖ם אָהֳל֑וֹ וַיִּכְרוּ־שָׁ֥ם עַבְדֵי־יִצְחָ֖ק בְּאֵֽר׃

Transliteration

and-wayyiben there mizbēaḥ and-wayyiqrāʾ in-name-of yhwh and-wayyeṭ-there his-ʾohŏlô and-wayyikrû-there ʿabdê-yiṣḥāq bəʾēr

Grammar Details

*wayyiben*: 3rd masculine singular Qal imperfect waw-consecutive of בנה - and he built
*mizbēaḥ*: masculine singular noun - altar
*wayyiqrāʾ*: 3rd masculine singular Qal imperfect waw-consecutive of קרא - and he called
*yhwh*: divine name - YHWH
*wayyeṭ*: 3rd masculine singular Qal imperfect waw-consecutive of נטה - and he pitched
*ʾohŏlô*: masculine singular noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his tent
*wayyikrû*: 3rd masculine plural Qal imperfect waw-consecutive of כרה - and they dug
*ʿabdê*: masculine plural construct of עבד - servants of
*yiṣḥāq*: proper noun - Isaac
*bəʾēr*: feminine singular noun - well

Word Meanings

*wayyiben*: and he built/and he constructed
*mizbēaḥ*: altar/place of sacrifice
*wayyiqrāʾ* in-name-of *yhwh*: and he called on the name of YHWH/and he invoked YHWH/and he worshiped YHWH
*wayyeṭ*: and he pitched/and he spread out/and he stretched
*wayyikrû*: and they dug/and they excavated

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Gen 13:18 : 18 And Abram moved his tent, and came and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built there an altar unto Jehovah.
Ps 116:17 : 17 I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, And will call upon the name of Jehovah.
Gen 12:7-8 : 7 And Jehovah appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto Jehovah, who appeared unto him. 8 And he removed from thence unto the mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Ai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto Jehovah, and called upon the name of Jehovah.
Gen 13:4 : 4 unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of Jehovah.
Gen 8:20 : 20 And Noah builded an altar unto Jehovah, and took of every clean beast, and of every clean bird, and offered burnt-offerings on the altar.
Gen 22:9 : 9 And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built the altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar, upon the wood.
Gen 33:20 : 20 And he erected there an altar, and called it El-Elohe-Israel.
Gen 35:1 : 1 And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth-el, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, who appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.
Exod 17:15 : 15 And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi;

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Gen 26:17-24
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17And Isaac departed thence, and encamped in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
18And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham; and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.
19And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.
20And the herdsmen of Gerar strove with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek, because they contended with him.
21And they digged another well, and they strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.
22And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now Jehovah hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.
23And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba.
24And Jehovah appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake.
Gen 12:7-8
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7And Jehovah appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto Jehovah, who appeared unto him.
8And he removed from thence unto the mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Ai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto Jehovah, and called upon the name of Jehovah.
Gen 26:31-33
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31And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
32And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water.
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Gen 22:9
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9And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built the altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar, upon the wood.
Gen 33:20
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Gen 25:11
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6And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:
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1And there was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines, unto Gerar.
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62And Isaac came from the way of Beer-lahai-roi; for he dwelt in the land of the South.
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Gen 13:18
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18And Abram moved his tent, and came and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built there an altar unto Jehovah.
Gen 26:12
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Gen 26:26
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Gen 35:14-15
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Gen 28:13
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Gen 21:30-31
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Gen 21:33
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Gen 25:19
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