Genèse 26:29-35

29 Jure que tu ne nous feras aucun mal, de même que nous ne t'avons point touché, et que nous ne t'avons fait que du bien, et t'avons laissé aller en paix. Tu es maintenant béni de l'Éternel.

30 Et il leur fit un festin, et ils mangèrent et burent.

31 Et ils se levèrent de bon matin, et s'engagèrent l'un l'autre par serment. Puis Isaac les renvoya, et ils s'en allèrent d'avec lui en paix.

32 Il arriva, en ce même jour, que les serviteurs d'Isaac vinrent lui donner des nouvelles du puits qu'ils avaient creusé, et lui dirent: Nous avons trouvé de l'eau.

33 Et il l'appela Shiba (serment). C'est pour cela que la ville se nomme Béer-Shéba (puits du serment) jusqu'à ce jour.

34 Or, Ésaü, âgé de quarante ans, prit pour femmes Judith, fille de Béeri, le Héthien, et Basmath, fille d'Elon, le Héthien;

35 Qui furent une amertume d'esprit pour Isaac et pour Rébecca.

Genèse 26:29-35 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.