H9003–/ב–b

These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names in their towns and their tent-circles; twelve chiefs with their peoples.

בְּחַצְרֵיהֶ֖ם (בְּ) be. “by”וּבְטִֽירֹתָ֑ם (בְ) ve. “by”

Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramaean of Paddan-aram, and the sister of Laban the Aramaean, to be his wife.

בְּקַחְתּ֣וֹ (בְּ) be. “when”

And the children were fighting together inside her, and she said, If it is to be so, why am I like this? So she went to put her question to the Lord.

בְּקִרְבָּ֔הּ (בְּ) be. “in”

And the Lord said to her, Two nations are in your body, and two peoples will come to birth from you: the one will be stronger than the other, and the older will be the servant of the younger.

בְּבִטְנֵ֔ךְ (בְּ) be. “[are] in”

And when the time came for her to give birth, there were two children in her body.

בְּבִטְנָֽהּ׃ (בְּ) be. “[were] in”

And after him, his brother came out, gripping Esau's foot; and he was named Jacob: Isaac was sixty years old when she gave birth to them.

בַּעֲקֵ֣ב (בַּ) ba. “on”בְּלֶ֥דֶת (בְּ) be. “when”

Now Isaac's love was for Esau, because Esau's meat was greatly to his taste: but Rebekah had more love for Jacob.

בְּפִ֑יו (בְּ) be. “[was] in”

Then came a time of great need in the land, like that which had been before in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Philistines, at Gerar.

בָּאָ֔רֶץ (בָּ) ba. “in the”בִּימֵ֣י (בִּ) bi. “in”

And the Lord came to him in a vision and said, Do not go down to Egypt; keep in the land of which I will give you knowledge:

בָּאָ֔רֶץ (בָּ) ba. “in the”

Keep in this land, and I will be with you and give you my blessing; for to you and to your seed will I give all these lands, giving effect to the oath which I made to your father Abraham;

בָּאָ֣רֶץ (בָּ) ba. “in the”

I will make your seed like the stars of heaven in number, and will give them all these lands, and your seed will be a blessing to all the nations of the earth;

בְזַרְעֲךָ֔ (בְ) ve. “by”

Because Abraham gave ear to my voice and kept my words, my rules, my orders, and my laws.

בְּקֹלִ֑י (בְּ) be. “to”

So Isaac went on living in Gerar;

בִּגְרָֽר׃ (בִּ) bi “in”

And Abimelech gave orders to his people that anyone touching Isaac or his wife was to be put to death.

בָּאִ֥ישׁ (בָּ) ba. “<in> the”וּבְאִשְׁתּ֖וֹ (בְ) ve. “<in>”

Now Isaac, planting seed in that land, got in the same year fruit a hundred times as much, for the blessing of the Lord was on him.

בָּאָ֣רֶץ (בָּ) ba. “in the”בַּשָּׁנָ֥ה (בַּ) ba. “in the”

Now all the water-holes, which his father's servants had made in the days of Abraham, had been stopped up with earth by the Philistines.

בִּימֵ֖י (בִּ) bi. “in”

So Isaac went away from there, and put up his tents in the valley of Gerar, making his living-place there.

בְּנַֽחַל־ (בְּ) be. “in”

And he made again the water-holes which had been made in the days of Abraham his father, and which had been stopped up by the Philistines; and he gave them the names which his father had given them.

בִּימֵי֙ (בִּ) bi. “in”

Now Isaac's servants made holes in the valley, and came to a spring of flowing water.

בַּנָּ֑חַל (בַּ) ba. “in the”

Then he went away from there, and made another water-hole, about which there was no fighting: so he gave it the name of Rehoboth, for he said, Now the Lord has made room for us, and we will have fruit in this land.

בָאָֽרֶץ׃ (בָ) va. “in the”

That night the Lord came to him in a vision, and said, I am the God of your father Abraham: have no fear for I am with you, blessing you, and your seed will be increased because of my servant Abraham.

בַּלַּ֣יְלָה (בַּ) ba. “in the”בַּעֲב֖וּר (בַּ) ba. “for”

Then he made an altar there, and gave worship to the name of the Lord, and he put up his tents there, and there his servants made a water-hole.

בְּשֵׁ֣ם (בְּ) be. “on”

That you will do us no damage, even as we put no hand on you, and did you nothing but good, and sent you away in peace: and now the blessing of the Lord is on you.

בְּשָׁל֑וֹם (בְּ) be. “in”

And early in the morning they took an oath one to the other: then Isaac sent them away and they went on their way in peace.

בַבֹּ֔קֶר (בַ) va. “in the”בְּשָׁלֽוֹם׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

And that day Isaac's servants came to him and gave him word of the water-hole which they had made, and said to him, We have come to water.

בַּיּ֣וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”