King James Version

Genesis 26:6

And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:

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וַיֵּ֥שֶׁבvayeshevand dwellיָשַׁבconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and dwell”, the next action in the storyH3427properly, 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…יִצְחָ֖קyitschaqIsaac. Compare H3446יִצְחָקnoun, proper name — “Isaac. Compare H3446”H3327Jitschak (or Isaac), son of AbrahamIsaac. Compare H3446 (יִשְׂחָק).בִּגְרָֽרbigrarin Gerarגְּרָרpreposition, noun, proper name — “in Gerar”H1642Gerar, a Philistine cityGerar.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Isaac dwelt in Gerar.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:

Young’s Literal Translation

And Isaac dwelleth in Gerar;

World English Bible

Isaac lived in Gerar.

Darby Translation

And Isaac dwelt at Gerar.

Douay-Rheims

So Isaac abode in Gerara.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Isaac dwelt in Gerar.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Isaac dwelt in Gerara.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Κατῴκησε δὲ Ἰσαὰκ ἐν Γεράροις.