Genesis 26 · Verse 25

Genesis 26:25

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.
Genesis 26:25, King James Version

Genesis 26:25 in other translations

BSBSo 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.
WEBHe built an altar there, and called on the LORD’s name, and pitched his tent there. There Isaac’s servants dug a well.
ASVAnd he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of Jehovah, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac’s servants digged a well.
YLTand he buildeth there an altar, and preacheth in the name of Jehovah, and stretcheth out there his tent, and there Isaac's servants dig a well.
DARBYAnd he built an altar there, and called upon the name of Jehovah. And he pitched his tent there; and there Isaac's servants dug a well.
BBEThen he made an altar there, and gave worship to the name of the Lord, and he put up his tents there, and there his servants made a water-hole.
WebsterAnd he built an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a well.

What does Genesis 26:25 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 25 Builded an altar there - That he might have a place for God's worship, as well as a place for himself and family to dwell in. And called upon the name of the Lord - And invoked in the name of Jehovah. See note on Gen 12:8; See note on Gen 13:15.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

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…

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Genesis 26:25 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּ֧בֶןvai.Yi.venand he builtH1129
שָׁ֣םshamthereH8033
מִזְבֵּ֗חַmiz.Be.achan altarH4196
וַיִּקְרָא֙vai.yik.Ra'and he calledH7121
בְּשֵׁ֣םbe.Shemon [the] name ofH8034
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068
וַיֶּט\־vai.yet-and he pitchedH5186
שָׁ֖םshamthereH8033
אָהֳל֑וֹ'o.ho.Lotent hisH168
וַיִּכְרוּ\־vai.yikh.ru-and they dugH3738
שָׁ֥םshamthereH8033
עַבְדֵי\־'av.dei-[the] servants ofH5650
יִצְחָ֖קyitz.ChakIsaacH3327
בְּאֵֽר\׃be.'Era wellH875

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 26:25

  • Genesis 13:18

    Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the Lord.

  • Psalms 116:17

    I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the Lord.

  • Genesis 12:7-8

    And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the Lord, who appeared unto him. And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Beth–el, and pitched his tent, having Beth–el on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the Lord, and called upon the name of the Lord.

  • Genesis 35:1

    And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth–el, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.

  • Genesis 33:20

    And he erected there an altar, and called it El–elohe–Israel.

  • Exodus 17:15

    And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it JEHOVAH–nissi:

  • Genesis 8:20

    And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.

  • Genesis 22:9

    And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.

  • Genesis 13:4

    Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the Lord.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
builded.
8:20; 12:7; 13:18; 22:9; 33:20; 35:1; Ex 17:15
called.
Ps 116:17

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Context

  • 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 26:25

    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.

  • Genesis 26:26

    Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.

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Genesis 26:25 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y edificó allí un altar, é invocó el nombre de Jehová, y tendió allí su tienda: y abrieron allí los siervos de Isaac un pozo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et il bâtit là un autel, et invoqua le nom de l’ Éternel; et il y dressa sa tente; et les serviteurs d’Isaac y creusèrent un puits.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und er baute daselbst einen Altar und rief den Namen Jehovas an; und er schlug daselbst sein Zelt auf; und die Knechte Isaaks gruben daselbst einen Brunnen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Itaque ædificavit ibi altare: et invocato nomine Domini, extendit tabernaculum, præcepitque servis suis ut foderent puteum.