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OET (OET-RV)Then his father Yitshak responded and said to him, ⇔ “Listen, you and your descendants will live ⇔ away from the most fertile land on the earth[fn] ⇔ in a place that doesn’t get dew from the sky.
27:39The Hebrew text is ambiguous here. It could mean: (1) “away from the fatness of the earth and away from the dew of the heavens from above.” or “in a place/region where the earth/land/ground is not rich/fertile and where there is very little dew/rain.” or “in a place/region where the land/soil is not good for farming and where there is not much rain.” or (2) “of the fatness of the earth and of the dew of the heavens from above.” or “in a place where the land is good/fertile for farming and where there is plenty of dew/rain.”
Key: khaki:verbs.
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BrLXXἈποκοιθεὶς δὲ Ἰσαὰκ ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ εἶπεν αὐτῷ, ἰδοὺ ἀπὸ τῆς πιότητος τῆς γῆς ἔσται ἡ κατοίκησίς σου, καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς δρόσου τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἄνωθεν. (Apokoitheis de Isaʼak ho pataʸr autou eipen autōi, idou apo taʸs piotaʸtos taʸs gaʸs estai haʸ katoikaʸsis sou, kai apo taʸs drosou tou ouranou anōthen. )
BrTrAnd Isaac his father answered and said to him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be of the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above.
ULTThen Isaac his father responded and said to him, ⇔ “Behold, your dwelling will be ⇔ away from the fatness of the earth ⇔ and away from the dew of the heavens from above.
USTFinally his father said to him, ⇔ “Listen, you and your descendants will live ⇔ in a place where the land is not good for farming ⇔ and where there is not much rain.
BSB § His father Isaac answered him: ⇔ “Behold, your dwelling place shall be ⇔ away from the richness of the land, ⇔ away from the dew of heaven above.
OEBThen Isaac his father answered him: ⇔ ‘You shall live far from earth’s fertile places, ⇔ and away from the dew of heaven.
WEBBEIsaac his father answered him, ⇔ “Behold, your dwelling will be of the fatness of the earth, ⇔ and of the dew of the sky from above.
NETSo his father Isaac said to him, ⇔ “Indeed, your home will be ⇔ away from the richness of the earth, ⇔ and away from the dew of the sky above.
LSVAnd his father Isaac answers and says to him, “Behold, of the fatness of the earth is your dwelling, and of the dew of the heavens from above;
FBVThen his father Isaac declared, “Listen! You will live far away from fertile land, far from the dew of heaven that falls from above.
T4THis father Isaac answered and said to him, ⇔ “The place where you will live will be far from the fertile soil and from the dew that God sends from heaven to water the fields.
LEB• Then Isaac his father answered and said to him,“Your home shall be from[fn] the fatness of the land, • and from the dew of heaven above.
BBEThen Isaac his father made answer and said to him, Far from the fertile places of the earth, and far from the dew of heaven on high will your living-place be:
JPSAnd Isaac his father answered and said unto him: Behold, of the fat places of the earth shall be thy dwelling, and of the dew of heaven from above;
ASVAnd Isaac his father answered and said unto him, ⇔ Behold, of the fatness of the earth shall be thy dwelling, ⇔ And of the dew of heaven from above;
DRAIsaac being moved, said to him: In the fat of the earth, and in the dew of heaven from above,
YLTAnd Isaac his father answereth and saith unto him, 'Lo, of the fatness of the earth is thy dwelling, and of the dew of the heavens from above;
DrbyAnd Isaac his father answered and said to him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be of the fatness of the earth, And of the dew of heaven from above;
RVAnd Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, of the fatness of the earth shall be thy dwelling, And of the dew of heaven from above;
WbstrAnd Isaac his father answered, and said to him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above;
KJB-1769And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above;[fn] (And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy/your dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above; )
KJB-1611[fn][fn]And Isaac his father answered, and said vnto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatnesse of the earth, and of the dew of heauen from aboue. (And Isaac his father answered, and said unto him, Behold, thy/your dwelling shall be the fatnesse of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above.)
BshpsThen Isahac his father aunswered, and sayde vnto hym: beholde, thy dwellyng place shalbe the fatnesse of the earth, and of the deawe of heauen from aboue. (Then Isahac his father answered, and said unto him: behold, thy/your dwelling place shall be the fatnesse of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above.)
GnvaThen Izhak his father answered, and sayde vnto him, Behold, the fatnesse of the earth shall be thy dwelling place, and thou shalt haue of the dewe of heauen from aboue. (Then Izhak his father answered, and said unto him, Behold, the fatnesse of the earth shall be thy/your dwelling place, and thou/you shalt have of the dew of heaven from above. )
CvdlThen Isaac his father answered and sayde vnto him: Beholde, thou shalt haue a fat dwellinge vpon earth, & of ye dew of heauen from aboue: (Then Isaac his father answered and said unto him: Behold, thou/you shalt have a fat dwelling upon earth, and of ye/you_all dew of heaven from aboue:)
WyclIsaac was stirid, and seide to hym, Thi blessyng schal be in the fatnesse of erthe, and in the dew of heuene fro aboue; (Isaac was stirid, and said to him, Thi blessing shall be in the fatnesse of earth, and in the dew of heaven from aboue;)
LuthDa antwortete Isaak, sein Vater, und sprach zu ihm: Siehe da, du wirst eine fette Wohnung haben auf Erden und vom Tau des Himmels von oben her. (So replied Isaak, his Vater, and spoke to him: Siehe da, you will one fette Wohnung have on earthn and from_the Tau the heavens from above her.)
ClVgmotus Isaac, dixit ad eum: [In pinguedine terræ, et in rore cæli desuper, (motus Isaac, he_said to eum: [In pinguedine terræ, and in rore cæli desuper, )
27:1-40 Jacob got his father Isaac’s blessing through deception. In this story, an entire family tries to carry out their responsibilities by physical means rather than by faith. Faith would have provided Rebekah and Jacob a more honorable solution to the crisis.
The Hebrew text is ambiguous here. It could mean: (1) “away from the fatness of the earth and away from the dew of the heavens from above.” or “in a place/region where the earth/land/ground is not rich/fertile and where there is very little dew/rain.” or “in a place/region where the land/soil is not good for farming and where there is not much rain.” or (2) “of the fatness of the earth and of the dew of the heavens from above.” or “in a place where the land is good/fertile for farming and where there is plenty of dew/rain.” See how you translated fatness of the earth and dew of the heavens in verse 28.
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.
Jacob Goes to Paddan-Aram
Genesis 26:23-29:1
While Isaac’s family was at Beersheba, Jacob stole Esau’s birthright, and Esau made plans to kill Jacob once his father had passed away. When Rebekah found out about Esau’s plan, she told Jacob to flee to her family in Paddan-aram (also called Aram-naharaim, meaning “Aram of the two rivers”) and garnered Isaac’s support by telling him that she was concerned that Jacob might marry one of the local Canaanite woman. So Isaac sent Jacob to Paddan-aram to find a wife there, much like Abraham had sent his servant Eleazar to this area to find a wife for Isaac (Genesis 24:10). Jacob left Beersheba and headed for Haran in Paddan-aram, and as night fell he stopped at a town called Luz. There he slept with his head resting on a stone and dreamed of a staircase to heaven with angels ascending and descending it. The Lord also spoke to him and reaffirmed his promise to give Canaan to his descendants. The Lord also promised to bring Jacob back to Canaan from Haran. When Jacob woke from his sleep, he declared the place to be the house of God and renamed it Bethel (meaning, “house of God”). Later Bethel appears to have served as an early location of the Ark of the Covenant in the Promised Land (Judges 20; see “The Ark of the Covenant in the Promised Land” map). From Bethel Jacob continued on to the general area of Haran, likely following the same route in reverse that he followed upon his return journey to Canaan from Haran (Genesis 31-35). Sometime before Jacob returned, however, Esau moved away from Canaan and settled in Seir (Genesis 32:3; 36:1-8; ; see “Edom and the Land of Seir” map).
