The Meaning of Genesis 26:35 Explained

Genesis 26:35

KJV: Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.

YLT: and they are a bitterness of spirit to Isaac and to Rebekah.

Darby: And they were a grief of mind to Isaac and to Rebecca.

ASV: And they were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Which were a grief  of mind  unto Isaac  and to Rebekah. 

What does Genesis 26:35 Mean?

Context Summary

Genesis 26:18-35 - Isaac's Wells And Covenant
It is interesting to follow Isaac in his well-digging. Let us also dig wells and set streams flowing, which will bless men long after we have gone home to heaven. The first well was Esek-strife. The second, Sitnah-hatred. The third, Rehoboth-room. Thus is human life, too often, till it ends with Sheba-oath or covenant. But even the outward repose to which life may attain, as the result of the struggles of earlier life, may be interrupted by anxiety and trial, caused by children or grandchildren. Esau's marriage brought endless trouble in its train. And grief of mind will sow life with thorns. Let children take care lest they give needless pain to those who love them. That which hurts tender and true hearts is not likely to carry with it the blessing of God. As soon as a wandering soul gets back to God even his enemies make peace with him; he is at least secure from their hurt. See Proverbs 16:7. [source]

Chapter Summary: Genesis 26

1  Isaac, because of famine, sojourns in Gerar, and the Lord blesses him
7  He is reproved by Abimelech for denying his wife
12  He grows rich, and the Philistines envy his prosperity
18  He digs wells
23  God appears to him at Beersheba, and blesses him;
26  and Abimelech makes a covenant with him
34  Esau's wives

What do the individual words in Genesis 26:35 mean?

and they were a grief of mind to Isaac and Rebekah -
וַתִּהְיֶ֖יןָ מֹ֣רַת ר֑וּחַ לְיִצְחָ֖ק וּלְרִבְקָֽה ס

וַתִּהְיֶ֖יןָ  and  they  were 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine plural
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
מֹ֣רַת  a  grief 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: מֹרָה  
Sense: bitterness, grief.
ר֑וּחַ  of  mind 
Parse: Noun, common singular
Root: רוּחַ  
Sense: wind, breath, mind, spirit.
לְיִצְחָ֖ק  to  Isaac 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִצְחָק  
Sense: son of Abraham by Sarah his wife and father of Jacob and Esau.
וּלְרִבְקָֽה  and  Rebekah 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: רִבְקָה  
Sense: daughter of Bethuel, sister of Laban, wife of Isaac, and mother of Esau and Jacob.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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