And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac’s servants digged a well.
Parallel translations
- WEB He built an altar there, and called on Yahweh’s name, and pitched his tent there. There Isaac’s servants dug a well.
- BSB So Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the LORD, and he pitched his tent there. His servants also dug a well there.
- NKJV So he built an altar there and called on the name of the Lord, and he pitched his tent there; and there Isaac’s servants dug a well.
- NASB So he built an altar there and called upon the name of the Lord, and pitched his tent there; and there Isaac’s servants dug a well.
- NLT Then Isaac built an altar there and worshiped the Lord. He set up his camp at that place, and his servants dug another well.
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Isaac builds an altar, worships Yahweh, and settles there as his servants dig a well.
Overview
In response to God's appearing, Isaac worships, calling on the Lord's name in public devotion. The altar and the pitched tent show faith expressed in worship and settled trust. Like his father Abraham, Isaac marks God's revelation with worship, modeling the proper response to divine grace.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Gen 13:18Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.
- Ps 116:17I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD.
- Gen 12:7–8And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.
- Gen 8:20And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
- Gen 33:20And he erected there an altar, and called it EleloheIsrael.
- Exod 17:15And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovahnissi:
- Gen 35:1And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.
- Gen 22:9And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.
- Gen 13:4Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.
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