משׁמרת mı̂shmeret — “charge, ordinance.”

עשׂק ‛êśeq — Esek, “strife.”

שׂטנה śı̂ṭnâh<…

THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19-35:29).

And the Lord appeared to him. I do not doubt that a reason is given here why Isaac went to the country of Gerar rather than to Egypt, whic…

And the Lord appeared unto him In a vision or dream, when he was at Gerar:

Isaac had been trained in a believing dependence on the Divine grant of the land of Canaan to him and his heirs; and now that there is a famine in …