Genesis 26:25Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers

Douay-RheimsHebrew (Masoretic text)

And he built there an altar: and called upon the name of the Lord, and pitched his tent; and commanded his servants to dig a well.
Douay-Rheims

וַיִּ֧בֶן שָׁ֣ם מִזְבֵּ֗חַ וַיִּקְרָא֙ בְּשֵׁ֣ם יְהוָ֔ה וַיֶּט־שָׁ֖ם אָהֳל֑וֹ וַיִּכְרוּ־שָׁ֥ם עַבְדֵי־יִצְחָ֖ק בְּאֵֽר׃
Hebrew (Masoretic text)

The Church Fathers on this verse

One Church Father comments on this verse

John Chrysostom

4th centuryChurch Father

What is the significance of ‘He made an altar there’? This signifies that he presented sacrifices of gratitude to the Lord for His abundant providence. ‘The servants of Isaac dug a well there.’ At this point, the righteous man is secure.

Cross references

Passages read together with this verse.

Gen 13:18So Abram removing his tent, came, and dwelt by the vale of Mambre, which is in Hebron: and he built there an altar to the Lord.
Ps 116 (114/115):17
Gen 12:7And the Lord appeared to Abram, and said to him: To thy seed will I give this land. And he built there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.
Gen 12:8And passing on from thence to a mountain, that was on the east side of Bethel, he there pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: he built there also an altar to the Lord, and called upon his name.
Gen 13:4In the place of the altar which he had made before, and there he called upon the name of the Lord.
Ex 17:15And Moses built an altar; and called the name thereof, The Lord, my exaltation, saying:
Gen 22:9And they came to the place which God had shewn him, where he built an altar, and laid the wood in order upon it; and when he had bound Isaac his son, he laid him on the altar upon the pile of wood.
Gen 33:20And raising an altar there, he invoked upon it the most mighty God of Israel.