KJV King James Version
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.
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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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
He built an altar there, and called on the name of Yahweh, and pitched his tent there. There Isaac’s servants dug a well.
ASV American Standard Version
And 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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and 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.
Surrounding 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.
23 And he went up from thence to Beersheba.
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.
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.
26 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.
27 And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?
28 And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, [even] betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיִּ֧בֶןH1129 · ba.nahto buildשָׁ֣םH8033 · shamthereמִזְבֵּ֗חַH4196 · miz.be.achaltarוַיִּקְרָא֙H7121 · qa.rato call: call toבְּשֵׁ֣םH8034 · shemnameיְהוָ֔הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDוַיֶּט־H5186 · na.tahto stretchשָׁ֖םH8033 · shamthereאָהֳל֑וֹH168 · o.heltentוַיִּכְרוּ־H3738 · khurto digשָׁ֥םH8033 · shamthereעַבְדֵי־H5650 · e.vedservant/slaveיִצְחָ֖קH3327 · yits.chaqIsaacבְּאֵֽר׃H875 · be.erwell
Cross-references
Psalm 116:17I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD.Genesis 13:18Then 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.Genesis 12:7-8And 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.Exodus 17:15And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovahnissi:Genesis 8:20And 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 35:1And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, 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 13:4Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.Genesis 33:20And he erected there an altar, and called it EleloheIsrael.Genesis 22:9And 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.
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