Genesis 26:17
And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
Genesis 26:17 in other translations
| BSB | So Isaac left that place and encamped in the Valley of Gerar and settled there. |
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| WEB | Isaac departed from there, encamped in the valley of Gerar, and lived there. |
| ASV | And Isaac departed thence, and encamped in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. |
| YLT | and Isaac goeth from thence, and encampeth in the valley of Gerar, and dwelleth there; |
| DARBY | And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his camp in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. |
| BBE | So Isaac went away from there, and put up his tents in the valley of Gerar, making his living-place there. |
| Webster | And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. |
What does Genesis 26:17 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 26:12-17
God blessed Isaac. Be it observed, for the encouragement of poor tenants who occupy other people's lands, and are honest and industrious, that God blessed him with a great increase. The Philistines envied Isaac. It is an instance of the vanity of the world; for the more men have of it, the more they are envied, and exposed to censure and injury. Also of the corruption of nature; for that is an ill principle indeed…
Genesis 26:17 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Genesis 26:16
And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.
- Genesis 26:17
And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
- Genesis 26:18
And 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.
Genesis 26:17 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | E Isaac se fué de allí; y asentó sus tiendas en el valle de Gerar, y habitó allí. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Isaac partit de là, et campa dans la vallée de Guérar, et y habita. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Da zog Isaak von dannen und schlug sein Lager auf im Tale Gerar und wohnte daselbst. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et ille discedens, ut veniret ad torrentem Geraræ, habitaretque ibi, |