Genesis 26:23
And he went up from thence to Beer–sheba.
Genesis 26:23 in other translations
| BSB | From there Isaac went up to Beersheba, |
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| WEB | He went up from there to Beersheba. |
| ASV | And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba. |
| YLT | And he goeth up from thence to Beer-Sheba, |
| DARBY | And he went up thence to Beer-sheba. |
| BBE | And from there he went on to Beer-sheba. |
| Webster | And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba. |
What does Genesis 26:23 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 26:18-25
Isaac met with much opposition in digging wells. Two were called Contention and Hatred. See the nature of worldly things; they make quarrels, and are occasions of strife; and what is often the lot of the most quiet and peaceable; those who avoid striving, yet cannot avoid being striven with. And what a mercy it is to have plenty of water; to have it without striving for it! The more common this mercy is, the more…
Genesis 26:23 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 26:23
- Genesis 46:1
And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer–sheba, 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 Beer–sheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the Lord in Mizpeh.
- Genesis 21:31
Wherefore he called that place Beer–sheba; because there they sware both of them.
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Context
- Genesis 26:22
And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the Lord hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.
- Genesis 26:23
And he went up from thence to Beer–sheba.
- Genesis 26:24
And the Lord appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham’s sake.
Genesis 26:23 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y de allí subió á Beer-seba. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et de là il monta à Beër-Shéba. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und er zog von dannen hinauf nach Beerseba. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Ascendit autem ex illo loco in Bersabee, |