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Genesis 26:17 — King James Version← Study notes

And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.


Genesis 26:17Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 26:178 words
וַיֵּלֶךְwayēleḵəAnd walk
מִשָּׁםmišāmFrom there
יִצְחָקyiṣəḥāqIsaac
וַיִּחַןwayiḥanAnd incline
בְּנַחַלbənaḥalIn stream
גְּרָרgərārGerar
וַיֵּשֶׁבwayēševAnd sit
שָׁםšāmThere
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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וַיֵּלֶךְwayēleḵəAnd walk
מִשָּׁםmišāmFrom there
יִצְחָקyiṣəḥāqIsaac
וַיִּחַןwayiḥanAnd incline
בְּנַחַלbənaḥalIn stream
גְּרָרgərārGerar
וַיֵּשֶׁבwayēševAnd sit
שָׁםšāmThere

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