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Genesis 26:17-20

17So Isaacיִצְחָ֑קyitz.ChakH3327leftוַיֵּ֥לֶךְvai.Ye.lekhH1980that placeמִשָּׁ֖םmi.ShamH8033and encampedוַיִּ֥חַןvai.Yi.chanH2583in the Valleyבְּנַֽחַל־be.na.chal-H5158of Gerarגְּרָ֖רge.RarH1642and settledוַיֵּ֥שֶׁבvai.Ye.shevH3427thereשָֽׁם׃ShamH8033.

18Isaacיִצְחָ֜קyitz.ChakH3327reopenedוַיָּ֨שָׁב וַיַּחְפֹּ֣ר׀vai.Ya.shov vai.yach.PorH7725 H2658אֶת־'et-H853the wellsבְּאֵרֹ֣ת הַמַּ֗יִםbe.'e.Rot ha.Ma.yimH875 H4325thatאֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.SherH834had been dugחָֽפְרוּ֙cha.fe.RuH2658in the daysבִּימֵי֙bi.MeiH3117of his fatherאָבִ֔יו'a.VivH1Abrahamאַבְרָהָ֣ם'av.ra.HamH85,which the Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔יםpe.lish.TimH6430had stopped upוַיְסַתְּמ֣וּםvay.sa.te.MumH5640afterאַחֲרֵ֖י'a.cha.ReiH310Abrahamאַבְרָהָ֑ם'av.ra.HamH85diedמ֣וֹתMotH4194.And he gaveוַיִּקְרָ֤אvai.yik.Ra'H7121these wellsthe same namesH8034אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834his fatherאָבִֽיו׃'a.VivH1had givenקָרָ֥אka.Ra'H7121them.

19Then Isaac’sיִצְחָ֖קyitz.ChakH3327servantsעַבְדֵֽי־'av.dei-H5650dugוַיַּחְפְּר֥וּvai.yach.pe.RuH2658in the valleyבַּנָּ֑חַלba.Na.chalH5158and foundוַיִּ֨מְצְאוּ־vai.Yim.tze.'u-H4672a wellבְּאֵ֖רbe.'ErH875of freshחַיִּֽים׃chai.YimH2416waterמַ֥יִםMa.yimH4325thereשָׁ֔םShamH8033.

20But the herdsmenרֹעֵ֣יro.'EiH7462of Gerarגְרָ֗רge.RarH1642quarreledוַיָּרִ֜יבוּvai.ya.Ri.vuH7378withעִם־'im-H5973Isaac’sיִצְחָ֛קyitz.ChakH3327herdsmenרֹעֵ֥יro.'EiH7462and saidלֵאמֹ֖רle.MorH559, “The water is oursהַמָּ֑יִםha.Ma.yimH4325!”So he namedוַיִּקְרָ֤א שֵֽׁם־vai.yik.Ra' shem-H7121 H8034the wellהַבְּאֵר֙ha.be.'ErH875Esekעֵ֔שֶׂק'E.sekH6230,becauseכִּ֥יkiH3588they contendedהִֽתְעַשְּׂק֖וּhit.'a.se.KuH6229with himעִמּֽוֹ׃i.MoH5973.

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