Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version From there he went up to Beersheba. New Living Translation From there Isaac moved to Beersheba, English Standard Version From there he went up to Beersheba. Berean Standard Bible From there Isaac went up to Beersheba, King James Bible And he went up from thence to Beersheba. New King James Version Then he went up from there to Beersheba. New American Standard Bible And he went up from there to Beersheba. NASB 1995 Then he went up from there to Beersheba. NASB 1977 Then he went up from there to Beersheba. Legacy Standard Bible And he went up from there to Beersheba. Amplified Bible Then he went up from there to Beersheba. Christian Standard Bible From there he went up to Beer-sheba, Holman Christian Standard Bible From there he went up to Beer-sheba, American Standard Version And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And he went up from there to Beersheba. Brenton Septuagint Translation And he went up thence to the well of the oath. Contemporary English Version Isaac went on to Beersheba, Douay-Rheims Bible And he went up from that place to Bersabee, English Revised Version And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba. GOD'S WORD® Translation He went from there to Beersheba. Good News Translation Isaac left and went to Beersheba. International Standard Version Later on, he left there and went to Beer-sheba, JPS Tanakh 1917 And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba. Literal Standard Version And he goes up from there [to] Beer-Sheba, Majority Standard Bible From there Isaac went up to Beersheba, New American Bible From there Isaac went up to Beer-sheba. NET Bible From there Isaac went up to Beer Sheba. New Revised Standard Version From there he went up to Beer-sheba. New Heart English Bible He went up from there to Beersheba. Webster's Bible Translation And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba. World English Bible He went up from there to Beersheba. Young's Literal Translation And he goeth up from thence to Beer-Sheba, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Isaac's Prosperity…22He moved on from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. He named it Rehoboth and said, “At last the LORD has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.” 23From there Isaac went up to Beersheba, 24and that night the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for the sake of My servant Abraham.”… Cross References Genesis 21:14 Early in the morning, Abraham got up, took bread and a skin of water, put them on Hagar's shoulders, and sent her away with the boy. She left and wandered in the Wilderness of Beersheba. Genesis 22:19 Abraham went back to his servants, and they got up and set out together for Beersheba. And Abraham settled in Beersheba. Genesis 28:10 Meanwhile Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran. Treasury of Scripture And he went up from there to Beersheba. Beer-sheba. Genesis 21:31 Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them. Genesis 46:1 And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac. Judges 20:1 Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh. Jump to Previous Beersheba Beer-Sheba ThenceJump to Next Beersheba Beer-Sheba ThenceGenesis 26 1. Isaac, because of famine, sojourns in Gerar, and the Lord blesses him.7. He is reproved by Abimelech for denying his wife. 12. He grows rich, and the Philistines envy his prosperity. 18. He digs wells. 23. God appears to him at Beersheba, and blesses him; 26. and Abimelech makes a covenant with him. 34. Esau's wives. (23-25) He went up from thence to Beer-sheba.--This was a very serious act on Isaac's part He leaves the solitudes where he had found a refuge from the enmity of the Philistines, and returns to a place scarcely five leagues distant from their city. Should the old rancour revive, it may now take the form of actual war. And next, he does not go back to the well Lahai-Roi, where he had so long resided, but to Beer-sheba, his father's favourite home. It was a claim on his part to the rights and inheritance of Abraham, and the claim was admitted. The same night Jehovah appears to him, bids him put away his fears, and renews to him the promises which were his by the right of his birth. My servant Abraham.--A title of high honour and significance, given to Moses repeatedly, to Joshua (Joshua 24:29), to Israel (Isaiah 41:8), and to the Messiah (Isaiah 52:13). It means God's prime minister and vicegerent. He builded an altar.--In returning to Beer-sheba, Isaac had apparently faced the dangers of his position, through confidence in the promises made to his father, with whom he identified himself by taking up his abode at his home. And no sooner are the promises confirmed to him than he restores the public worship of God in the very place where Abraham had established it (Genesis 21:33). Digged a well.--The word is not that previously used in the chapter, but one that signifies the re-opening of the well which Abraham had dug, but which had become stopped by violence or neglect. . . . Verse 23. - And he (viz., Isaac) went up from thence (Rehoboth, where latterly he had been encamped) to Beer-sheba - a former residence of Abraham (Genesis 21:33), situated "near the water-shed between the Mediterranean and the Salt Sea" (Murphy), hence approached from the low-lying wady by an ascent.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew From thereמִשָּׁ֖ם (miš·šām) Preposition-m | Adverb Strong's 8033: There, then, thither [Isaac] went up וַיַּ֥עַל (way·ya·‘al) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5927: To ascend, in, actively to Beersheba, שָֽׁבַע׃ (šā·ḇa‘) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 884: Beersheba -- 'well of seven', a place in the Negev Links Genesis 26:23 NIVGenesis 26:23 NLT Genesis 26:23 ESV Genesis 26:23 NASB Genesis 26:23 KJV Genesis 26:23 BibleApps.com Genesis 26:23 Biblia Paralela Genesis 26:23 Chinese Bible Genesis 26:23 French Bible Genesis 26:23 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 26:23 He went up from there to Beersheba (Gen. Ge Gn) |
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