Genesis 26:30-35

30 Toen maakte hij hun een maaltijd, en zij aten en dronken.

31 En zij stonden des morgens vroeg op, en zwoeren de een den ander; daarna liet Izak hen gaan, en zij togen van hem in vrede.

32 En het geschiedde ten zelfde dage, dat Izaks knechten kwamen, en boodschapten hem van de zaak des puts, dien zij gegraven hadden, en zij zeiden hem: Wij hebben water gevonden.

33 En hij noemde denzelven Seba; daarom is de naam dier stad Ber-seba, tot op dezen dag.

34 Als nu Ezau veertig jaren oud was, nam hij tot een vrouw Judith, de dochter van Beeri, den Hethiet, en Basmath, de dochter van Elon, den Hethiet.

35 En deze waren voor Izak en Rebekka een bitterheid des geestes.

Genesis 26:30-35 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 26

This chapter treats of Isaac's removal to Gerar, occasioned by a famine, Ge 26:1; of the Lord's appearance to him there, advising him to sojourn in that place, and not go down to Egypt; renewing the covenant he had made with Abraham, concerning giving that country to him and his seed, Ge 26:2-6; of what happened unto him at Gerar on account of his wife, Ge 26:7-11; of Isaac's great prosperity and success, which drew the envy of the Philistines upon him, Ge 26:12-15; of his departure from hence to the valley of Gerar, at the instance of Abimelech; and of the contentions between his herdsmen, and those of Gerar, about wells of water, which caused him to remove to Beersheba, Ge 26:16-23; of the Lord's appearance to him there, renewing the above promise to him, where he built an altar, pitched his tent, and his servants dug a well, Ge 26:24,25; of Abimelech's coming to him thither, and making a covenant with him, Ge 26:26-31; which place had its name from the oath then made, and the well there dug, Ge 26:32,33; and lastly, of the marriage of Esau, which was a great grief to Isaac and Rebekah, Ge 26:34,35.