Kommentar zu Bereschit 26:22
וַיַּעְתֵּ֣ק מִשָּׁ֗ם וַיַּחְפֹּר֙ בְּאֵ֣ר אַחֶ֔רֶת וְלֹ֥א רָב֖וּ עָלֶ֑יהָ וַיִּקְרָ֤א שְׁמָהּ֙ רְחֹב֔וֹת וַיֹּ֗אמֶר כִּֽי־עַתָּ֞ה הִרְחִ֧יב יְהוָ֛ה לָ֖נוּ וּפָרִ֥ינוּ בָאָֽרֶץ׃
Hierauf zog er von da weg und grub einen andern Brunnen; über den stritten sie nicht, darum nannte er ihn Rechoboth (Freiheit), denn er sprach: Nun hat uns der Ewige freien Raum geschafft, dass wir uns ausbreiten können im Lande.
Rashi on Genesis
ופרינו בארץ WE SHALL BE FRUITFUL IN THE LAND — as the Targum translates it וניפוש and we shall increase in the land).
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Rashbam on Genesis
ולא רבו עליה, seeing this well was quite a distance from the region where they grazed their livestock, as we know from ויעתק משם, he moved away from there.
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Radak on Genesis
ויעתק, he removed his digging tools from the immediate neighbourhood so that the shepherds of Gerar should not be able to claim future discoveries of water as belonging to them. It was clear beyond doubt that the area where Yitzchok’s servants dug now belonged to the region of Beer Sheva. This is why he called this well רחובות, to inform subsequent generations that the ownership of this well had never been disputed.
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Malbim on Genesis
He moved from there: Therefore he moved his cattle from that place after seeing that they (the herdsmen from Gerar) continued to strive with him. And it is honorable for a person to dwell without strife. He distanced himself far from them, and there the quarrel ceased.
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Siftei Chakhamim
As Onkelos translates it: “And we will increase in the land.” The word ופרינו cannot be past tense, because Yitzchok said: “For now, Adonoy has made room for us.” How could he then say they were already fruitful in the land? Perforce, it is future tense. Thus Rashi disagrees with our version of Onkelos which says ויפשיננא, past tense, and explains that the text of Onkelos should read: וניפוש.
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Rav Hirsch on Torah
ויעתק, siehe oben Kap 12,8.
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Radak on Genesis
ופרינו בארץ, seeing that this is not subject to dispute we can now become fruitful and multiply in this land.
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