Genesis 26
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Genesis 26:17-22

17So Isaac departed from there and camped in the Valley of Gerar, and 1settled there.

18Then Isaac dug again the wells of water which 2had been dug in the days of his father Abraham, for the Philistines had stopped them up after the death of Abraham; and he 3gave them the same names which his father had 4given them. 19But when Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found there a well of 5flowing water, 20the herdsmen of Gerar 6quarreled with the herdsmen of Isaac, saying, “The water is ours!” So he named the well 7Esek, because they argued with him. 21Then they dug another well, and they quarreled over it too, so he named it 8Sitnah. 22Then he moved away from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it; so he named it 9Rehoboth, for he said, “1011At last the Lord has made 12room for us, and we will be 13fruitful in the land.”

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 26:17 Lit dwelt ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 26:18 Lit they had dug ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 26:18 Lit called their names as the names ↩
  4. 4. Genesis 26:18 Lit called ↩
  5. 5. Genesis 26:19 Lit living ↩
  6. 6. Genesis 26:20 Gen 21:25 ↩
  7. 7. Genesis 26:20 I.e., argument ↩
  8. 8. Genesis 26:21 I.e., accusation ↩
  9. 9. Genesis 26:22 I.e., broad places ↩
  10. 10. Genesis 26:22 Lit Truly now ↩
  11. 11. Genesis 26:22 Ps 4:1; Is 54:2, 3 ↩
  12. 12. Genesis 26:22 Or broad ↩
  13. 13. Genesis 26:22 Gen 17:6; Ex 1:7 ↩

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