King James Version

Genesis 24:62

And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi; for he dwelt in the south country.

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וְיִצְחָק֙veyitschaqand Isaac. Compare H3446יִצְחָקconjunction, noun, proper name — “and Isaac. Compare H3446”H3327Jitschak (or Isaac), son of AbrahamIsaac. Compare H3446 (יִשְׂחָק).בָּ֣אbato comeבּוֹאverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “to come”, a completed actionH935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat,…מִבּ֔וֹאmibofrom to comeבּוֹאpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “from to come”, the to-form of the verbH935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat,…בְּאֵ֥רbeerBeer-lahai-roiבְּאֵר לַחַי רֹאִיnoun, proper name — “Beer-lahai-roi”H883Beer-Lachai-Roi, a place in the DesertBeer-lahai-roi.לַחַ֖יlachayBeer-lahai-roiבְּאֵר לַחַי רֹאִיnoun, proper name — “Beer-lahai-roi”H883Beer-Lachai-Roi, a place in the DesertBeer-lahai-roi.רֹאִ֑יroiBeer-lahai-roiבְּאֵר לַחַי רֹאִיnoun, proper name — “Beer-lahai-roi”H883Beer-Lachai-Roi, a place in the DesertBeer-lahai-roi.וְה֥וּאvehuand as for herהוּאconjunction, pronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and as for her”H1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or arehe, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.יוֹשֵׁ֖בyoshevdwellיָשַׁבverb, qal, participle, absolute — “dwell”, a verb used as a describing wordH3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry(make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, r…בְּאֶ֥רֶץbeeretsin earthאֶרֶץpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “in earth”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.הַנֶּֽגֶבhanegevthe southנֶגֶבdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the south”, the ordinary formH5045the south (from its drought); specifically, the Negeb or southern district of Judah, occasionally, Egypt (as south to Palestine)south (country, side, -ward).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Isaac came from the way of Beer-lahai-roi; for he dwelt in the land of the South.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Isaac came from the way of Beer-lahai-roi; for he dwelt in the land of the South.

Young’s Literal Translation

And Isaac hath come in from the entrance of the Well of the Living One, my Beholder; and he is dwelling in the land of the south,

World English Bible

Isaac came from the way of Beer Lahai Roi, for he lived in the land of the South.

Darby Translation

And Isaac had just returned from Beer-lahai-roi; for he was dwelling in the south country.

Douay-Rheims

At the same time Isaac was walking along the way to the well which is called Of the living and the seeing: for he dwelt in the south country.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Isaac came from the way of Beer-lahai-roi; for he dwelt in the land of the South.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Isaac went through the wilderness to the well of the vision, and he dwelt in the land toward the south.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἰσαὰκ δὲ διεπορεύετο διὰ τῆς ἐρήμου κατὰ τὸ φρέαρ τῆς ὁράσεως· αὐτὸς δὲ κατῴκει ἐν τῇ γῇ τῇ πρὸς Λίβα.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

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Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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