Genesis 26:25

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, 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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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Gen 13:18 : 18 Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.
Ps 116:17 : 17 I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD.
Gen 12:7-8 : 7 And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him. 8 And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.
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 the LORD.
Gen 8:20 : 20 And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, 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 an 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 Elelohe-Israel.
Gen 35:1 : 1 And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that 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 Jehovahnissi:

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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81%
17And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent 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 herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him.
21And they digged another well, and 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 the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.
23And he went up from thence to Beersheba.
24And the LORD 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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79%
7And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.
8And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.
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.
33And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beersheba unto this day.
Gen 22:9
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9And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an 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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20And he erected there an altar, and called it Elelohe-Israel.
Gen 26:15
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15For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.
Gen 25:11
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11And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahairoi.
Gen 13:4
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Gen 26:6
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Gen 26:1-2
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1And there was a famine in the land, beside 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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Gen 24:62
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62And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi; for he dwelt in the south country.
Gen 35:7
73%
7And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
Gen 13:18
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18Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.
Gen 26:12
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12Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.
Gen 26:26
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Gen 35:14-15
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14And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.
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Gen 28:13
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13And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;
Gen 24:66
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66And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done.
Gen 21:30-31
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30And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.
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Gen 21:33
71%
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Gen 46:1
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Gen 25:19
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Gen 35:1
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