Isaac in Gerar and the Wells · Genesis 26
Isaac in Gerar and the Wells (Genesis 26) read aloud, in a fresh direct translation from the Hebrew - plain modern English, nothing added.
Translator's notes:
• Genesis 26:8 — מְצַחֵק (metzachek): chose "caressing". Alternatives: "playing with", "fondling", "laughing with". Why: the same root that meant "playing" for Ishmael in Genesis 21:9 here, with "with his wife", plainly names intimate play, which is how Abimelech knows she is not a sister.
• Genesis 26:12 — מֵאָה שְׁעָרִים (meah shearim): chose "a hundred measures". Alternatives: "a hundredfold", "a hundred times what was sown". Why…
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