Genesis 26:23

Translations

Modern

From there Isaac went up to Beersheba,

Traditional

And he went up from thence to Beer–sheba.

Literal

And he went up from there to Beersheba.

Latin

Ascendit autem ex illo loco in Bersabee,

Original

Hebrew

English

From there Isaac went up to Beersheba,

Notes

Genesis 26:23–25

Beersheba … the Lord appeared him: This was to confirm his covenant (compare 21:31–33). Isaac showed faith like his father by building an altar to the Lord. He declared the Lord’s identity and nature (see study note on 12:8; 21:33).

Genesis 26:1–35

This section pauses Jacob’s story to focus on Isaac. Isaac’s success and wealth in chapter 26 show that God’s blessing had passed to him (compare 25:11), even though he sometimes failed to trust God.

Theme notes and profiles

Isaac Dealing with Conflict Symbolic Numbers The Righteous Suffer

Related verses

Judges 20:1
Then all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the congregation assembled as one man before the LORD at Mizpah.
Genesis 46:1
So Israel set out with all that he had, and when he came to Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
Genesis 21:31
So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.

Places

Beersheba: Important city in southern Israel, associated with the patriarchs

Glossary

Beersheba Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Ebla Tablets Genesis, Book of Gerar Nathanael Patriarchs, Period of the Philistia, Philistines Rebecca, Rebekah

Topics

Beer-Sheba: The Most Southern City of Palestine: The Place where Isaac Lived Blessing: Temporal, from God: To Isaac Isaac: The Miraculous Son of Abraham: Moves Away to the Valley of Gerar, Afterward Called Beer-Sheba

Genesis 26:23

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