Genesis 26:25

Translations

Modern

So Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the LORD, and he pitched his tent there. His servants also dug a well there.

Traditional

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.

Literal

And he built there an altar and called on the name of YHWH. And he pitched there his tent, and there the servants of Isaac dug a well.

Latin

Itaque ædificavit ibi altare: et invocato nomine Domini, extendit tabernaculum, præcepitque servis suis ut foderent puteum.

Original

Hebrew

English

So Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the LORD, and he pitched his tent there. His servants also dug a well there.

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 Altars Dealing with Conflict Symbolic Numbers The Righteous Suffer

Related verses

Psalm 116:17
I will offer to You a sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of the LORD.
Genesis 13:18
So Abram moved his tent and went to live near the Oaks of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar to the LORD.
Genesis 12:7–8
Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.
Genesis 8:20
Then Noah built an altar to the LORD. And taking from every kind of clean animal and clean bird, he offered burnt offerings on the altar.
Genesis 33:20
There he set up an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.
Exodus 17:15
And Moses built an altar and named it The LORD Is My Banner.
Genesis 13:4
…to the site where he had built the altar. And there Abram called on the name of the LORD.
Genesis 35:1
Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”
Genesis 22:9
When they arrived at the place God had designated, Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood. He bound his son Isaac and placed him on the altar, atop the wood.

People

Isaac: Son of Abraham; father of Jacob and Esau

Glossary

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

Topics

Altar: Built by Isaac Altars of Isaac Isaac: The Miraculous Son of Abraham: His Devoutness Isaac: The Miraculous Son of Abraham: Moves Away to the Valley of Gerar, Afterward Called Beer-Sheba

Genesis 26:25

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