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He built an altar there, and called on the name of Yahweh, and pitched his tent there. There Isaac`s servants dug a well.
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Worship Before Work
Commentators like John Calvin highlight the significant order of Isaac's actions. Upon arriving at Beer-sheba, his first act was to build an altar and call on God's name. Only after establishing worship did he pitch his tent and dig a well for his physical needs. This demonstrates a "worship first" priority, placing his relationship with God before personal comfort and provision.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
משׁמרת mı̂shmeret — “charge, ordinance.”
עשׂק ‛êśeq — Esek, “strife.”
שׂטנה śı̂ṭnâh<…
19th Century
Anglican
He went up from thence to Beer-sheba. — This was a very serious act on Isaac’s part. He leaves the solitudes where he had…
16th Century
Protestant
And he builded an altar there. From other passages, we are well aware that Moses here speaks of public worship, for inward invocation of G…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he built an altar there At Beersheba, where his father Abraham had planted a grove before, and very probably had…
Isaac met with much opposition in digging wells. Two were called Contention and Hatred. See the nature of worldly things: they cause quarrels and a…