Genesis 26:19

Genesis 26:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Isaac’s servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But when Isaac's servants dug in the valley and found there a well of spring water,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Also Isaac’s servants dug in the valley, and found a well of running water there.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Isaac’s servants also dug in the Gerar Valley and discovered a well of fresh water.

Context of Genesis 26:19

17So Isaac moved away from there and encamped in the Valley of Gerar, where he settled. 18Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the time of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died, and he gave them the same names his father had given them. Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and discovered a well of fresh water there. 20But the herders of Gerar quarreled with those of Isaac and said, “The water is ours!” So he named the well Esek, because they disputed with him. 21Then they dug another well, but they quarreled over that one also; so he named it Sitnah.

Genesis 26:19 word by word

וַיַּחְפְּר֥וּ עַבְדֵֽי־יִצְחָ֖ק בַּנָּ֑חַל וַיִּ֨מְצְאוּ־שָׁ֔ם בְּאֵ֖ר מַ֥יִם חַיִּֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Isaac’sיִצְחָקyitschâq · IsaacH3327
• servantsעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
• diggedחָפַרchâphar · to searchH2658
• in the valleyנַ֫חַלnachal nachlâh nachălâh · torrent: valleyH5158
• and foundמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
• there a wellבְּאֵרbe'êr · wellH875
• of springingחַיchay · aliveH2416
• waterמַיmayim · waterH4325

Cross-references for Genesis 26:19

• John 4:10Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.”
• John 7:38Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.”

Commentaries on Genesis 26:19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19A well of springing water - חיים מים באר beer mayim chaiyim, A well of living waters. This is the oriental phrase for a spring, and this is its meaning both in the Old and New Testaments: Leviticus 14:5, Leviticus 14:50; Leviticus 15:30; Numbers 19:17; Song of Solomon 4:15. See also John 4:10-14; John 7:38; Revelation 21:6; Revelation 22:1. And by these scriptures we find that an unfailing spring was an emblem of the graces and influences of the Spirit of…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-35Verses 1-35 - The Events of Isaac‘s Life 5. משׁמרת mı̂shmeret “charge, ordinance.” מציה mı̂tsvâh “command,” special order. חק choq “decree, statute,” engraven on stone or metal. תירה tôrâh “law,” doctrine, system of moral truth. 10. עשׂק ‛êśeq Eseq, “strife.” 21. שׂטנה śı̂ṭnâh Sitnah, “opposition.” 22. רחבית rechobôt Rechoboth, “room.” 26. אחזת 'ǎchuzat Achuzzath, “possession.” 33. שׁבעה shı̂b‛âh Shib‘ah, “seven; oath.” 34. יהוּדית yehûdı̂yt…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-25Verses 18-25 Isaac met with much opposition in digging wells. Two were called Contention and Hatred. See the nature of worldly things; they make quarrels, and are occasions of strife; and what is often the lot of the most quiet and peaceable; those who avoid striving, yet cannot avoid being striven with. And what a mercy it is to have plenty of water; to have it without striving for it! The more common this mercy is, the more reason to be thankful for it…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17-22Isaac left … in the Valley of Gerar: This was away from the city of Gerar itself, but probably still within 16 kilometers (10 miles). When he got there, Isaac reopened the wells of his father. Although people opposed him there, Isaac chose not to fight back. He gave up one well after another until God's blessing overcame the opposition. Whenever Isaac reopened a well, even if enemies filled it in, he found water. God blessed Isaac, and nothing could stop…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 18-2218-22. Isaac digged again the wells of water--The naming of wells by Abraham, and the hereditary right of his family to the property, the change of the names by the Philistines to obliterate the traces of their origin, the restoration of the names by Isaac, and the contests between the respective shepherds to the exclusive possession of the water, are circumstances that occur among the natives in those regions as frequently in the present day as in the…Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 26:19

• Blessing
• Dishonesty
• Gerar
• Isaac
• Patience
• Property
• Wells

In the dictionaries

• Abimelech
• Besides
• Famine
• Grief
• Kindred
• Mind
• Rebekah
• Seeing
• Touch
• Valley

Commentaries on Genesis 26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings