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BrLXXΚαὶ ἀπῆλθεν ἐκεῖθεν Ἰσαάκ· καὶ κατέλυσεν ἐν τῇ φάραγγι Γεράρων, καὶ κατῴκησεν ἐκεῖ. (Kai apaʸlthen ekeithen Isaʼak; kai katelusen en taʸ farangi Gerarōn, kai katōkaʸsen ekei. )
BrTrAnd Isaac departed thence, and rested in the valley of Gerara, and dwelt there.
ULTSo Isaac went from there and camped in the Valley of Gerar and settled there.
USTSo Isaac moved from the city of Gerar and pitched his tents in the Gerar Valley and stayed there for a while.
BSB § So Isaac left that place and encamped in the Valley of Gerar and settled there.
OEBSo Isaac departed, and encamped in the valley of Gerar, and settled there.
WEBBEIsaac departed from there, encamped in the valley of Gerar, and lived there.
JPSAnd Isaac departed thence, and encamped in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
ASVAnd Isaac departed thence, and encamped in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
DRASo he departed and came to the torrent of Gerara, to dwell there:
YLTand Isaac goeth from thence, and encampeth in the valley of Gerar, and dwelleth there;
DrbyAnd Isaac departed thence, and pitched his camp in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
RVAnd Isaac departed thence, and encamped in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
WbstrAnd Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
KJB-1769¶ And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
KJB-1611¶ And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. (Same as from KJB-1769 above)
BshpsTherefore Isahac departed thence, and abode in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
GnvaTherefore Izhak departed thence and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
CvdlThen departed Isaac from thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
WyclAnd he yede awei, that he schulde come to the stronde of Gerare, and dwelle there. (And he went away, that he should come to the stream/river of Gerare, and dwell there.)
LuthDa zog Isaak von dannen und schlug sein Gezelt auf im Grunde Gerar und wohnete allda. (So pulled Isaak from dannen and hit/beat his Gezelt on in_the Grunde Gerar and lived allda.)
ClVgEt ille discedens, ut veniret ad torrentem Geraræ, habitaretque ibi,[fn] (And ille discedens, as would_come to torrentem Geraræ, to_livetque ibi, )
26.17Et ille discedens, etc. HIERON. Et abiit inde Isaac, et venit in Geraram vallem, et habitavit ibi. Pro valle, torrentem habent in Hebræo. Nunquam enim Isaac, postquam magnus factus est, habitare potuit in valle, sed in torrente. De quo scriptum est psal. CIX: De torrente in via bibet. De quo Elias in tempore famis bibit; sed quia non erat perfectus ut Christus, torrens ei aruit. Christus vero etiam in torrente traditus est, dedicans regenerationem nostram et baptismi sacramentum.
26.17And ille discedens, etc. HIERON. And he_is_gone inde Isaac, and he_came in Geraram vallem, and habitavit ibi. Pro valle, torrentem habent in Hebræo. Nunquam because Isaac, postquam big factus it_is, to_live potuit in valle, but in torrente. De quo scriptum it_is psal. CIX: De torrente in road bibet. De quo Elias in tempore famis bibit; but because not/no was perfectus as Christus, torrens to_him aruit. Christus vero also in torrente traditus it_is, dedicans regenerationem nostram and baptismi sacramentum.
26:1-35 In this digression from Jacob’s story, Isaac’s prosperity (ch 26) shows that the blessing had passed to him (cp. 25:11) despite his failures of faith.
In your translation it should not sound like Isaac moved by himself from the city of Gerar; his family moved with him. See what you did for similar cases in verses 1 and 6. Alternate translation: “So Isaac moved away from the city of Gerar with his family”
וַיִּ֥חַן
and,camped
Alternate translation: “and set up his tents”
בְּנַֽחַל גְּרָ֖ר
in/on/at/with,valley Gerar
Alternate translation: “in the valley near Gerar”
וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב שָֽׁם
and=he/it_sat_down//remained//lived there
Alternate translation: “and lived there for a while.”
Though the patriarch Isaac moved from place to place several times within southern Canaan, compared to his father Abraham and his son Jacob, Isaac appears to have been a bit of a homebody. In fact, unless Isaac resettled in places not recorded in Scripture, the farthest extent he ever traveled appears to have been only about 90 miles (113 km). Yet, as the child of God’s promise to Abraham to build a great nation from his descendants, Isaac’s relatively simple life served as a critical bridge from Abraham to the beginnings of the twelve tribes of Israel, who were descended from Isaac’s son Jacob. It is likely that Isaac was born at Beersheba (see Genesis 21:1-24), and later Abraham offered him as a sacrifice on Mount Moriah (located at Jerusalem; see 2 Chronicles 3:1). Then Abraham, Isaac, and those with them returned to Beersheba (Genesis 22:1-19). When Isaac reached adulthood, his father sent a servant to bring back a bride for him from Aram-naharaim, far north of Canaan. When his bride, Rebekah, arrived, Isaac had just come from Beer-lahai-roi and settled in the Negev (Genesis 24:62). Later Isaac resettled with Rebekah in Beer-lahai-roi, and this may have been where their twins son Esau and Jacob were born. A famine forced Isaac to go to Gerar (Genesis 26:1-6) in “the land of the Philistines.” The distinct people group known as the Philistines in later books of the Bible did not arrive until the time of the Judges, so the term here must have referred to another people group living in this region, and this is supported by the fact that King Abimelech’s name is Semitic, not Aegean (the likely origin of the later Philistines). While Isaac was there, he repeated his father’s error (Genesis 20) by lying to the king that his wife was only his sister. Isaac also became increasingly prosperous at Gerar, so the Philistines told him to leave their region. Isaac moved away from the town of Gerar and settled further away in the valley of Gerar. There he dug a well, but the Philistines claimed it for themselves, so he called it Esek, meaning “argument.” So Isaac’s men dug another well and called it Sitnah (meaning “hostility”), but it led to more quarreling, so he dug yet another well and called it Rehoboth (meaning “open space”). The locations of these two later wells are not certain, but they may have been located near Ruheibeh as shown on this map. Then Isaac moved to Beersheba and built an altar. He also dug a well there, and King Abimelech of the Philistines came and exchanged oaths of peace with him. It was likely at Beersheba that Isaac blessed his sons Esau and Jacob, and both sons eventually left Canaan (see “Jacob Goes to Paddan-Aram” map). When Jacob later returned, he traveled to Mamre near Hebron and reunited with Isaac. Sometime after this Isaac died, and Jacob and Esau buried him there.
