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Text -- Genesis 26:27-35 (NET)
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26:27 Isaac asked them, “Why have you come to me? You hate me and sent me away from you.”
26:28 They replied , “We could plainly see that the Lord is with you. So we decided there should be a pact between us– between us and you. Allow us to make a treaty with you
26:29 so that you will not do us any harm , just as we have not harmed you, but have always treated you well before sending you away in peace . Now you are blessed by the Lord .”
26:30 So Isaac held a feast for them and they celebrated .
26:31 Early in the morning the men made a treaty with each other . Isaac sent them off; they separated on good terms .
26:32 That day Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug . “We’ve found water ,” they reported .
26:33 So he named it Shibah ; that is why the name of the city has been Beer Sheba to this day .
26:34 When Esau was forty years old , he married Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite , as well as Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite .
26:35 They caused Isaac and Rebekah great anxiety .
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NET Notes: Gen 26:27 The disjunctive clause is circumstantial, expressing the reason for his question.
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NET Notes: Gen 26:28 The translation assumes that the cohortative expresses their request. Another option is to understand the cohortative as indicating resolve: “We...
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NET Notes: Gen 26:29 The Philistine leaders are making an observation, not pronouncing a blessing, so the translation reads “you are blessed” rather than ̶...
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NET Notes: Gen 26:32 Heb “and they said to him, ‘We have found water.’” The order of the introductory clause and the direct discourse has been rear...
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