## Genesis Chapter 26

###### Genesis 26:1
[Genesis 26:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/26:1)

וַיְהִ֤י רָעָב֙ בָּאָ֔רֶץ מִלְּבַד֙ הָרָעָ֣ב הָרִאשׁ֔וֹן אֲשֶׁ֥ר הָיָ֖ה בִּימֵ֣י אַבְרָהָ֑ם וַיֵּ֧לֶךְ יִצְחָ֛ק אֶל־אֲבִימֶ֥לֶךְ מֶֽלֶךְ־פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים גְּרָֽרָה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
There was a famine in the land, aside from the first famine that was in the days of Avraham. Yitzchok went to Avimelech, king of the Philistines, in Gerar.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Avraham. And Yiżĥaq went to Avimelekh, king of the Pelishtim to Gerar.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And there was a famine in the land, aside from the first famine in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Avimelech, king of the Philistines, to Gerar.


###### Genesis 26:2
[Genesis 26:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/26:2)

וַיֵּרָ֤א אֵלָיו֙ יְהֹוָ֔ה וַיֹּ֖אמֶר אַל־תֵּרֵ֣ד מִצְרָ֑יְמָה שְׁכֹ֣ן בָּאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֖ר אֹמַ֥ר אֵלֶֽיךָ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Adonoy appeared to him and said, Do not go down to Egypt. Settle in the land that I will make known to you.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the Lord appeared to him, and said, Go not down into Miżrayim; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the L rd appeared to him and said: Do not go down to Egypt, [for you are a "pure burnt-offering"]; dwell in the land that I shall indicate to you.


###### Genesis 26:3
[Genesis 26:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/26:3)

גּ֚וּר בָּאָ֣רֶץ הַזֹּ֔את וְאֶֽהְיֶ֥ה עִמְּךָ֖ וַאֲבָרְכֶ֑ךָּ כִּֽי־לְךָ֣ וּֽלְזַרְעֲךָ֗ אֶתֵּן֙ אֶת־כׇּל־הָֽאֲרָצֹ֣ת הָאֵ֔ל וַהֲקִֽמֹתִי֙ אֶת־הַשְּׁבֻעָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר נִשְׁבַּ֖עְתִּי לְאַבְרָהָ֥ם אָבִֽיךָ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Stay temporarily in this land and I will be with you and bless you, for to you and your descendants I will give all these lands. I will [thus] keep the oath that I swore to Avraham, your father.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for to thee, and to thy seed, I will give all these countries and I will perform the oath which I swore to Avraham thy father;

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you and I will bless you. For to you and to your seed will I give all of these lands. And I will fulfill the oath which I swore to Abraham your father.


###### Genesis 26:4
[Genesis 26:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/26:4)

וְהִרְבֵּיתִ֤י אֶֽת־זַרְעֲךָ֙ כְּכוֹכְבֵ֣י הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וְנָתַתִּ֣י לְזַרְעֲךָ֔ אֵ֥ת כׇּל־הָאֲרָצֹ֖ת הָאֵ֑ל וְהִתְבָּרְכ֣וּ בְזַרְעֲךָ֔ כֹּ֖ל גּוֹיֵ֥י הָאָֽרֶץ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
I will make your descendants [as numerous] as the stars of the heavens, and I will give your descendants all these lands. Through your descendants shall be blessed all the nations of the world.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and will give to thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And I will multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens, and I will give to your seed all of these lands, and there will bless themselves in [the name of] your seed all the nations of the land.


###### Genesis 26:5
[Genesis 26:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/26:5)

עֵ֕קֶב אֲשֶׁר־שָׁמַ֥ע אַבְרָהָ֖ם בְּקֹלִ֑י וַיִּשְׁמֹר֙ מִשְׁמַרְתִּ֔י מִצְוֺתַ֖י חֻקּוֹתַ֥י וְתוֹרֹתָֽי׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
[All this is] because Avraham listened to My voice, and minded My mandate, My commandments, My decrees and My teachings.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
because Avraham obeyed My voice, and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Because Abraham heeded My voice [when I tried him], and he kept My keeping [i.e., decrees for the safekeeping of the exhortations of the Torah], My mitzvoth [self-evident moral imperatives], My statutes [decrees inaccessible to reason], and My laws [(including the oral law)].


###### Genesis 26:6
[Genesis 26:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/26:6)

וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב יִצְחָ֖ק בִּגְרָֽר׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Yitzchok [thus] settled in Gerar.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Yiżĥaq dwelt in Gerar:

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Isaac dwelt in Gerar.


###### Genesis 26:7
[Genesis 26:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/26:7)

וַֽיִּשְׁאֲל֞וּ אַנְשֵׁ֤י הַמָּקוֹם֙ לְאִשְׁתּ֔וֹ וַיֹּ֖אמֶר אֲחֹ֣תִי הִ֑וא כִּ֤י יָרֵא֙ לֵאמֹ֣ר אִשְׁתִּ֔י פֶּן־יַֽהַרְגֻ֜נִי אַנְשֵׁ֤י הַמָּקוֹם֙ עַל־רִבְקָ֔ה כִּֽי־טוֹבַ֥ת מַרְאֶ֖ה הִֽוא׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
The local men asked about his wife, and he said, She is my sister. He was afraid to say, [she is] my wife, lest the local men kill me for Rivkah, for she is so good looking.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me on account of Rivqa; because she was fair to look upon.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the men of the place asked about his wife, and he said: "She is my sister." For he feared to say: "She is my wife," lest the men of the place kill me because of Rivkah, for she is very fair.


###### Genesis 26:8
[Genesis 26:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/26:8)

וַיְהִ֗י כִּ֣י אָֽרְכוּ־ל֥וֹ שָׁם֙ הַיָּמִ֔ים וַיַּשְׁקֵ֗ף אֲבִימֶ֙לֶךְ֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים בְּעַ֖ד הַֽחַלּ֑וֹן וַיַּ֗רְא וְהִנֵּ֤ה יִצְחָק֙ מְצַחֵ֔ק אֵ֖ת רִבְקָ֥ה אִשְׁתּֽוֹ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Once, after [Yitzchok] had been there a long while, Avimelech, king of the Philistines, looked at the window, and he saw, and behold, Yitzchok was amusing himself with Rivkah, his wife.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Avimelekh king of the Pelishtim looked out at a window, and saw, and behold, Yiżĥaq was sporting with Rivqa his wife.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And it was, when the days were grown long for him there, [Isaac thinking that Rivkah was no longer in danger and relaxing his vigil], that Avimelech the king of the Philistines looked through the window, and behold, Isaac sporting [i.e., lying] with Rivkah his wife.


###### Genesis 26:9
[Genesis 26:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/26:9)

וַיִּקְרָ֨א אֲבִימֶ֜לֶךְ לְיִצְחָ֗ק וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אַ֣ךְ הִנֵּ֤ה אִשְׁתְּךָ֙ הִ֔וא וְאֵ֥יךְ אָמַ֖רְתָּ אֲחֹ֣תִי הִ֑וא וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלָיו֙ יִצְחָ֔ק כִּ֣י אָמַ֔רְתִּי פֶּן־אָמ֖וּת עָלֶֽיהָ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Avimelech called Yitzchok and he said, But she is your wife. How could you have said, She is my sister? Yitzchok said to him, Because I said, I might die because of her.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Avimelekh called Yiżĥaq, and said, Behold, surely she is thy wife: and how didst thou say, She is my sister? And Yiżĥaq said to him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Avimelech called to Isaac and he said: But she is surely your wife! How, then, did you tell me: "She is my sister"? And Isaac said to him: For I said: Lest I die because of her.


###### Genesis 26:10
[Genesis 26:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/26:10)

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְ מַה־זֹּ֖את עָשִׂ֣יתָ לָּ֑נוּ כִּ֠מְעַ֠ט שָׁכַ֞ב אַחַ֤ד הָעָם֙ אֶת־אִשְׁתֶּ֔ךָ וְהֵבֵאתָ֥ עָלֵ֖ינוּ אָשָֽׁם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Avimelech said, What have you done to us? One of the people could have easily slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Avimelekh said, What is this thou hast done to us? one of the people might easily have lain with thy wife, and thou shouldst have brought guiltiness upon us.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Avimelech said: What is this that you have done to us? The [distinctive] one of the people [i.e., the king] had almost lain with your wife, and, [had he done so], you would have brought guilt upon us.


###### Genesis 26:11
[Genesis 26:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/26:11)

וַיְצַ֣ו אֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְ אֶת־כׇּל־הָעָ֖ם לֵאמֹ֑ר הַנֹּגֵ֜עַ בָּאִ֥ישׁ הַזֶּ֛ה וּבְאִשְׁתּ֖וֹ מ֥וֹת יוּמָֽת׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Avimelech [then] commanded all his people, saying, Whoever touches this man or his wife, shall die.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Avimelekh charged all his people, saying, He that touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Avimelech commanded all the people, saying: Whoever touches this man or his wife shall be put to death.


###### Genesis 26:12
[Genesis 26:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/26:12)

וַיִּזְרַ֤ע יִצְחָק֙ בָּאָ֣רֶץ הַהִ֔וא וַיִּמְצָ֛א בַּשָּׁנָ֥ה הַהִ֖וא מֵאָ֣ה שְׁעָרִ֑ים וַֽיְבָרְכֵ֖הוּ יְהֹוָֽה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Yitzchok planted in that land, and in that year he reaped a hundred fold, for Adonoy had blessed him.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then Yiżĥaq sowed in that land, and received in the same year a hundredfold: for the Lord blessed him.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Isaac sowed in that land [(though it was not so fertile as the land of the seven nations)], and he found in that year, [a difficult year], a hundredfold [more than the estimated yield]. And the L rd blessed him.


###### Genesis 26:13
[Genesis 26:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/26:13)

וַיִּגְדַּ֖ל הָאִ֑ישׁ וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ הָלוֹךְ֙ וְגָדֵ֔ל עַ֥ד כִּֽי־גָדַ֖ל מְאֹֽד׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
The man prospered. He continued to prosper until he became very great.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the man grew great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the man grew (i.e., prospered), and he continued growing, until he had grown exceedingly.


###### Genesis 26:14
[Genesis 26:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/26:14)

וַֽיְהִי־ל֤וֹ מִקְנֵה־צֹאן֙ וּמִקְנֵ֣ה בָקָ֔ר וַעֲבֻדָּ֖ה רַבָּ֑ה וַיְקַנְא֥וּ אֹת֖וֹ פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
He owned flocks of sheep, herds of cattle, and many slaves, and the Philistines were jealous of him.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
for he had possessions of flocks, and possessions of herds, and a great store of servants: and the Pelishtim envied him.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And he had flocks of sheep and herds of cattle and much labor, and the Philistines envied him.


###### Genesis 26:15
[Genesis 26:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/26:15)

וְכׇל־הַבְּאֵרֹ֗ת אֲשֶׁ֤ר חָֽפְרוּ֙ עַבְדֵ֣י אָבִ֔יו בִּימֵ֖י אַבְרָהָ֣ם אָבִ֑יו סִתְּמ֣וּם פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים וַיְמַלְא֖וּם עָפָֽר׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
All the wells that his father’s servants had dug in the days of his father, Avraham—the Philistines plugged them, and filled them with earth.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For all the wells which his father’s servants had dug in the days of Avraham his father, the Pelishtim had stopped them up, and filled them with earth.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And all of the wells that the servants of his father had dug in the days of Abraham, his father, were stopped up by the Philistines [(as abetting invading armies)], and they filled them up with sand.


###### Genesis 26:16
[Genesis 26:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/26:16)

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְ אֶל־יִצְחָ֑ק לֵ֚ךְ מֵֽעִמָּ֔נוּ כִּֽי־עָצַ֥מְתָּ מִמֶּ֖נּוּ מְאֹֽד׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Avimelech said to Yitzchok, Go away from us. You have become much more powerful than us.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Avimelekh said to Yiżĥaq, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Avimelech said to Isaac: Go away from us, for you have grown much stronger than we.


###### Genesis 26:17
[Genesis 26:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/26:17)

וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ מִשָּׁ֖ם יִצְחָ֑ק וַיִּ֥חַן בְּנַֽחַל־גְּרָ֖ר וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב שָֽׁם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Yitzchok went away from there. He camped in the valley of Gerar and settled there.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Yiżĥaq departed from there, and pitched in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Isaac went thence, and he camped in the valley of Gerar, and he dwelt there.


###### Genesis 26:18
[Genesis 26:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/26:18)

וַיָּ֨שׇׁב יִצְחָ֜ק וַיַּחְפֹּ֣ר**׀** אֶת־בְּאֵרֹ֣ת הַמַּ֗יִם אֲשֶׁ֤ר חָֽפְרוּ֙ בִּימֵי֙ אַבְרָהָ֣ם אָבִ֔יו וַיְסַתְּמ֣וּם פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים אַחֲרֵ֖י מ֣וֹת אַבְרָהָ֑ם וַיִּקְרָ֤א לָהֶן֙ שֵׁמ֔וֹת כַּשֵּׁמֹ֕ת אֲשֶׁר־קָרָ֥א לָהֶ֖ן אָבִֽיו׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Yitzchok returned and excavated the wells of water which were dug in the days of his father, Avraham, and were plugged by the Philistines after Avraham’s death. He gave them the same names that his father had given them.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Yiżĥaq dug again the wells of water, which they had dug in the days of Avraham his father; for the Pelishtim had stopped them up after the death of Avraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Isaac returned [(before he left Gerar)] and dug the wells of water which they had dug in the days of Abraham his father and which the Philistines had stopped up after the death of Abraham. And he called them by the names by which his father had called them.


###### Genesis 26:19
[Genesis 26:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/26:19)

וַיַּחְפְּר֥וּ עַבְדֵֽי־יִצְחָ֖ק בַּנָּ֑חַל וַיִּ֨מְצְאוּ־שָׁ֔ם בְּאֵ֖ר מַ֥יִם חַיִּֽים׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Yitzchok’s servants dug in the valley and found there a well of spring water.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Yiżĥaq’s servants dug in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the servants of Isaac dug in the valley, and they found there a well of living waters.


###### Genesis 26:20
[Genesis 26:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/26:20)

וַיָּרִ֜יבוּ רֹעֵ֣י גְרָ֗ר עִם־רֹעֵ֥י יִצְחָ֛ק לֵאמֹ֖ר לָ֣נוּ הַמָּ֑יִם וַיִּקְרָ֤א שֵֽׁם־הַבְּאֵר֙ עֵ֔שֶׂק כִּ֥י הִֽתְעַשְּׂק֖וּ עִמּֽוֹ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
The shepherds of Gerar argued with the shepherds of Yitzchok, saying, the water is ours. He named the well Eisek [Quarrel], because they had quarreled with him.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Yiżĥaq’s herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well ῾Eseq; because they strove with him.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the shepherds of Gerar quarreled with the shepherds of Isaac, saying: "The water is ours!" And he called the name of the well Esek ("contention"), for they contended with him [over it].


###### Genesis 26:21
[Genesis 26:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/26:21)

וַֽיַּחְפְּרוּ֙ בְּאֵ֣ר אַחֶ֔רֶת וַיָּרִ֖יבוּ גַּם־עָלֶ֑יהָ וַיִּקְרָ֥א שְׁמָ֖הּ שִׂטְנָֽה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
They dug another well and they also argued about it. He named the well Sitnah [Obstruction].

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And they dug another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitna.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And they dug another well, and they quarreled over it, too, and they called its name Sitnah ("constraint").


###### Genesis 26:22
[Genesis 26:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/26:22)

וַיַּעְתֵּ֣ק מִשָּׁ֗ם וַיַּחְפֹּר֙ בְּאֵ֣ר אַחֶ֔רֶת וְלֹ֥א רָב֖וּ עָלֶ֑יהָ וַיִּקְרָ֤א שְׁמָהּ֙ רְחֹב֔וֹת וַיֹּ֗אמֶר כִּֽי־עַתָּ֞ה הִרְחִ֧יב יְהֹוָ֛ה לָ֖נוּ וּפָרִ֥ינוּ בָאָֽרֶץ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
He moved away from there and he dug another well, and there was no argument over it. He named it Rechovos [Wide Spaces], and said, For now Adonoy has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And he removed from there, and dug another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Reĥovot; and he said, For now the Lord has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And he traveled from there, and he dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it; and he called its name Rechovoth ("widening"), saying: For now the L rd has "widened" (things) for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.


###### Genesis 26:23
[Genesis 26:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/26:23)

וַיַּ֥עַל מִשָּׁ֖ם בְּאֵ֥ר שָֽׁבַע׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
From there he went to Beer Sheva.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And he went up from there to Be᾽er-sheva.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And he went up from there to Beersheva.


###### Genesis 26:24
[Genesis 26:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/26:24)

וַיֵּרָ֨א אֵלָ֤יו יְהֹוָה֙ בַּלַּ֣יְלָה הַה֔וּא וַיֹּ֕אמֶר אָנֹכִ֕י אֱלֹהֵ֖י אַבְרָהָ֣ם אָבִ֑יךָ אַל־תִּירָא֙ כִּֽי־אִתְּךָ֣ אָנֹ֔כִי וּבֵֽרַכְתִּ֙יךָ֙ וְהִרְבֵּיתִ֣י אֶֽת־זַרְעֲךָ֔ בַּעֲב֖וּר אַבְרָהָ֥ם עַבְדִּֽי׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Adonoy appeared to him that night and said, I am the God of your father, Avraham. Do not fear for I am with you. I will bless you and make your descendants numerous, because of My servant, Avraham.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the Lord appeared to him the same night, and said, I am the God of Avraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for My servant Avraham’s sake.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the L rd appeared to him that night, and He said: I am the G d of Abraham your father. Do not fear, for I am with you. And I shall bless you and I shall multiply your seed for the sake of Abraham, My servant.


###### Genesis 26:25
[Genesis 26:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/26:25)

וַיִּ֧בֶן שָׁ֣ם מִזְבֵּ֗חַ וַיִּקְרָא֙ בְּשֵׁ֣ם יְהֹוָ֔ה וַיֶּט־שָׁ֖ם אׇהֳל֑וֹ וַיִּכְרוּ־שָׁ֥ם עַבְדֵי־יִצְחָ֖ק בְּאֵֽר׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
He [Yitzchok] built an altar there, and proclaimed the Name of Adonoy. He set up his tent there, and Yitzchok’s servants dug a well there.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And he built an altar there, and called upon the name of the Lord, and pitched his tent there: and there Yiżĥaq’s servants dug a well.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And he built an altar there, and he called in the name of the L rd. And he pitched his tent there, and the servants of Isaac dug a well there.


###### Genesis 26:26
[Genesis 26:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/26:26)

וַאֲבִימֶ֕לֶךְ הָלַ֥ךְ אֵלָ֖יו מִגְּרָ֑ר וַאֲחֻזַּת֙ מֵֽרֵעֵ֔הוּ וּפִיכֹ֖ל שַׂר־צְבָאֽוֹ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Avimelech came to Yitzchok from Gerar along with a group of friends and Pichol, his general.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then Avimelekh went to him from Gerar, and Aĥuzzat his friend, and Pikhol the captain of his army.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Avimelech went to him from Gerar and a company of his friends and Phichol the captain of his host.


###### Genesis 26:27
[Genesis 26:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/26:27)

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֲלֵהֶם֙ יִצְחָ֔ק מַדּ֖וּעַ בָּאתֶ֣ם אֵלָ֑י וְאַתֶּם֙ שְׂנֵאתֶ֣ם אֹתִ֔י וַתְּשַׁלְּח֖וּנִי מֵאִתְּכֶֽם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Yitzchok said to them, Why have you come to me? You hate me and drove me away from you.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Yiżĥaq said to them, Why do you come to me, seeing you hate me, and have sent me away from you?

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Isaac said to them: Why have you come to me when you hate me and you sent me away from you?


###### Genesis 26:28
[Genesis 26:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/26:28)

וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ רָא֣וֹ רָאִ֘ינוּ֮ כִּֽי־הָיָ֣ה יְהֹוָ֣ה׀עִמָּךְ֒ וַנֹּ֗אמֶר תְּהִ֨י נָ֥א אָלָ֛ה בֵּינוֹתֵ֖ינוּ בֵּינֵ֣ינוּ וּבֵינֶ֑ךָ וְנִכְרְתָ֥ה בְרִ֖ית עִמָּֽךְ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
They said, We have indeed seen that Adonoy is with you, and we said, Let there now be an oath between us, between ourselves and you, and let us make a covenant with you;

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And they said, We saw indeed that the Lord was with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath between us, between us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And they said: We saw [in you as] we saw [in your father] that the L rd was with you. And we said: Let the oath that was between us [from the days of your father, also] be between us and you, and let us make a covenant with you.


###### Genesis 26:29
[Genesis 26:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/26:29)

אִם־תַּעֲשֵׂ֨ה עִמָּ֜נוּ רָעָ֗ה כַּאֲשֶׁר֙ לֹ֣א נְגַֽעֲנ֔וּךָ וְכַאֲשֶׁ֨ר עָשִׂ֤ינוּ עִמְּךָ֙ רַק־ט֔וֹב וַנְּשַׁלֵּֽחֲךָ֖ בְּשָׁל֑וֹם אַתָּ֥ה עַתָּ֖ה בְּר֥וּךְ יְהֹוָֽה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
that you will do us no harm, just as we did not touch you. We did nothing but good to you, and sent you away in peace. You are now the blessed one of Adonoy.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
that thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done to thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of the Lord.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
That you do not evil to us just as we did not touch you and just as we did with you only good and we sent you away in peace. You [too, do] now [likewise unto us], O blessed of the L rd.


###### Genesis 26:30
[Genesis 26:30](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/26:30)

וַיַּ֤עַשׂ לָהֶם֙ מִשְׁתֶּ֔ה וַיֹּאכְל֖וּ וַיִּשְׁתּֽוּ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
He [Yitzchok] made a feast for them, and they ate and drank.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And he made a feast for them, and they ate and drank.


###### Genesis 26:31
[Genesis 26:31](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/26:31)

וַיַּשְׁכִּ֣ימוּ בַבֹּ֔קֶר וַיִּשָּׁבְע֖וּ אִ֣ישׁ לְאָחִ֑יו וַיְשַׁלְּחֵ֣ם יִצְחָ֔ק וַיֵּלְכ֥וּ מֵאִתּ֖וֹ בְּשָׁלֽוֹם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
They got up early in the morning, and they each swore to the other. Yitzchok sent them away and they left in peace.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And they rose up early in the morning, and swore one to another: and Yiżĥaq sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And they arose early in the morning, and they swore to each other, and Isaac sent them away, and they went from him in peace.


###### Genesis 26:32
[Genesis 26:32](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/26:32)

וַיְהִ֣י**׀** בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֗וּא וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ עַבְדֵ֣י יִצְחָ֔ק וַיַּגִּ֣דוּ ל֔וֹ עַל־אֹד֥וֹת הַבְּאֵ֖ר אֲשֶׁ֣ר חָפָ֑רוּ וַיֹּ֥אמְרוּ ל֖וֹ מָצָ֥אנוּ מָֽיִם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
On that day Yitzchok’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug; and they said to him, We have found water.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And it came to pass the same day, that Yiżĥaq’s servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had dug, and said to him, We have found water.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And it was on that day that the servants of Isaac came and told him about the well they had dug; and they said to him: We have found water.


###### Genesis 26:33
[Genesis 26:33](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/26:33)

וַיִּקְרָ֥א אֹתָ֖הּ שִׁבְעָ֑ה עַל־כֵּ֤ן שֵׁם־הָעִיר֙ בְּאֵ֣ר שֶׁ֔בַע עַ֖ד הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃{ס}

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
He named it Shiva. Therefore the city is called Beer Sheva until this very day.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And he called it Shiv῾a: therefore the name of the city is Be᾽er-sheva to this day.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And he called it Shivah ("covenanting"). Therefore, the name of the city is Beersheva ("the well of the covenant") until this day.


###### Genesis 26:34
[Genesis 26:34](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/26:34)

וַיְהִ֤י עֵשָׂו֙ בֶּן־אַרְבָּעִ֣ים שָׁנָ֔ה וַיִּקַּ֤ח אִשָּׁה֙ אֶת־יְהוּדִ֔ית בַּת־בְּאֵרִ֖י הַֽחִתִּ֑י וְאֶת־בָּ֣שְׂמַ֔ת בַּת־אֵילֹ֖ן הַֽחִתִּֽי׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Eisov was forty years old and he married Yehudis, the daughter of Be’eri, the Chittite and Bosmas, the daughter of Eylon the Chittite.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And ῾Esav was forty years old when he took to wife Yehudit the daughter of Be᾽eri the Ḥittite, and Basemat the daughter of Elon the Ḥittite:

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And when Esau was forty years, he took as a wife Yehudith, the daughter of Be'eri the Hittite, and Basmath, the daughter of Eilon the Hittite.


###### Genesis 26:35
[Genesis 26:35](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/26:35)

וַתִּהְיֶ֖יןָ מֹ֣רַת ר֑וּחַ לְיִצְחָ֖ק וּלְרִבְקָֽה׃{ס}

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
They were rebellious of spirit to Yitzchok and Rivkah.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and they were a grief of mind to Yiżĥaq and to Rivqa.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And they were a vexation of spirit to Isaac and to Rivkah [in that they served idolatry].