King James Version

Genesis 26:23

And he went up from thence to Beersheba.

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וַיַּ֥עַלvayaaland ascend upעָלָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and ascend up”, the next action in the storyH5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurativearise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, [phrase] shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make t…מִשָּׁ֖םmishamfrom thereשָׁםpreposition, adverb — “from there”H8033there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thencein it, [phrase] thence, there (-in, [phrase] of, [phrase] out), [phrase] thither, [phrase] whither.בְּאֵ֥רbeerBeer-shebahבְּאֵר שֶׁבַעnoun, proper name — “Beer-shebah”H884Beer-Sheba, a place in PalestineBeer-shebah.שָֽׁבַעshavaBeer-shebahבְּאֵר שֶׁבַעnoun, proper name — “Beer-shebah”H884Beer-Sheba, a place in PalestineBeer-shebah.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba.

Young’s Literal Translation

And he goeth up from thence [to] Beer-Sheba,

World English Bible

He went up from there to Beersheba.

Darby Translation

And he went up thence to Beer-sheba.

Douay-Rheims

And he went up from that place to Bersabee,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And he went up thence to the well of the oath.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἀνέβη δὲ ἐκεῖθεν ἐπὶ τὸ φρέαρ τοῦ ὅρκου.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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