Genesis 26:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְהִ֗י כִּ֣י אָֽרְכוּ־ל֥וֹ שָׁם֙ הַיָּמִ֔ים וַיַּשְׁקֵ֗ף אֲבִימֶ֙לֶךְ֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים בְּעַ֖ד הֽ͏ַחַלּ֑וֹן וַיַּ֗רְא וְהִנֵּ֤ה יִצְחָק֙ מְצַחֵ֔ק אֵ֖ת רִבְקָ֥ה אִשְׁתּֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

and-wayəhî when ʾārəkû-to-him there hay-yāmîm and-wayyašqēp ʾăbîmelek king of-pəlištîm through ha-ḥallôn and-wayyarʾ and-hinnēh yiṣḥāq məṣaḥēq ʾēt ribqâ his-wife

Grammar Details

*wayəhî*: 3rd masculine singular Qal imperfect waw-consecutive of היה - and it happened
*ʾārəkû*: 3rd plural Qal perfect of ארך - they were long
*hay-yāmîm*: definite article + masculine plural noun - the days
*wayyašqēp*: 3rd masculine singular Hiphil imperfect waw-consecutive of שקף - and he looked down
*ʾăbîmelek*: proper noun - Abimelech
*pəlištîm*: proper noun, masculine plural - Philistines
*ha-ḥallôn*: definite article + masculine singular noun - the window
*wayyarʾ*: 3rd masculine singular Qal imperfect waw-consecutive of ראה - and he saw
*hinnēh*: interjection - behold
*yiṣḥāq*: proper noun - Isaac
*məṣaḥēq*: masculine singular Piel participle of צחק - laughing/caressing
*ʾēt*: direct object marker
*ribqâ*: proper noun - Rebekah

Word Meanings

*wayəhî*: and it happened/and it came to pass
*ʾārəkû*-to-him *hay-yāmîm*: the days were long for him/he stayed there a long time
*wayyašqēp*: and he looked out/and he looked down/and he gazed
*məṣaḥēq*: laughing with/caressing/playing with/showing affection to/sporting with

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Referenced Verses

Judg 5:28 : 28 The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots?
Prov 5:18-19 : 18 Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. 19 Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.
Prov 7:6 : 6 For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
Eccl 9:9 : 9 Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.
Song 2:9 : 9 My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.
Isa 62:5 : 5 For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.

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Gen 26:9-12
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9And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.
10And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.
11And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
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6And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:
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62And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi; for he dwelt in the south country.
63And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels were coming.
64And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel.
65For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master: therefore she took a vail, and covered herself.
66And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done.
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Gen 20:2-3
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2And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
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Gen 25:19-21
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19And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham begat Isaac:
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Gen 20:10
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10And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?
Gen 26:26
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26Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.
Gen 24:15
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15And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.
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22And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest:
Gen 21:32
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32Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.
Gen 26:17-18
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17And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
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Gen 12:14
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Gen 20:18
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18For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.
Gen 24:30
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30And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well.
Rom 9:10
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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.