Revised Version 1895

Genesis 26:18-22

18AndIsaacיִצְחָ֜קyitz.ChakH3327diggedagainוַיָּ֨שָׁבvai.Ya.shovH7725thewellsבְּאֵרֹ֣תbe.'e.RotH875ofwaterהַמַּ֗יִםha.Ma.yimH4325,whichאֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.SherH834they had digged in thedaysבִּימֵי֙bi.MeiH3117ofAbrahamאַבְרָהָ֣ם'av.ra.HamH85hisfatherאָבִ֔יו'a.VivH1; for thePhilistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔יםpe.lish.TimH6430hadstoppedוַיְסַתְּמ֣וּםvay.sa.te.MumH5640themafterH310thedeathמ֣וֹתMotH4194ofAbrahamאַבְרָהָ֑ם'av.ra.HamH85: and hecalledוַיִּקְרָ֤אvai.yik.Ra'H7121theirnamesשֵׁמ֔וֹתshe.MotH8034afterH310thenamesכַּשֵּׁמֹ֕תka.she.MotH8034bywhichאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834hisfatherאָבִֽיו׃'a.VivH1hadcalledקָרָ֥אka.Ra'H7121them.

19AndIsaac’sיִצְחָ֖קyitz.ChakH3327servantsעַבְדֵֽי־'av.dei-H5650digged in thevalleyבַּנָּ֑חַלba.Na.chalH5158, andfoundוַיִּ֨מְצְאוּ־vai.Yim.tze.'u-H4672there awellבְּאֵ֖רbe.'ErH875of springingwaterמַ֥יִםMa.yimH4325.

20And the herdmen ofGerarגְרָ֗רge.RarH1642strove withIsaac’sיִצְחָ֛קyitz.ChakH3327herdmen,sayingלֵאמֹ֖רle.MorH559, Thewaterהַמָּ֑יִםha.Ma.yimH4325is ours: and hecalledוַיִּקְרָ֤אvai.yik.Ra'H7121thenameשֵֽׁם־shem-H8034of thewellהַבְּאֵר֙ha.be.'ErH875Esekעֵ֔שֶׂק'E.sekH6230;becauseכִּ֥יkiH3588theycontendedוַיָּרִ֜יבוּvai.ya.Ri.vuH7378with him.

21And they diggedanotherאַחֶ֔רֶת'a.Che.retH312wellבְּאֵ֣רbe.'ErH875, and they strove for that also: and hecalledוַיִּקְרָ֥אvai.yik.Ra'H7121thenameשְׁמָ֖הּshe.MahH8034of itSitnahשִׂטְנָֽה׃sit.NahH7856.

22And he removed from thence, and diggedanotherאַחֶ֔רֶת'a.Che.retH312wellבְּאֵ֣רbe.'ErH875; and for that they strovenotוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808: and hecalledוַיִּקְרָ֤אvai.yik.Ra'H7121thenameשְׁמָהּ֙she.MahH8034of itRehobothרְחֹב֔וֹתre.cho.VotH7344; and hesaidוַיֹּ֗אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, Fornowעַתָּ֞ה'a.TahH6258theLORDיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068hathmadeH7337roomH7337forusעָלֶ֑יהָ'a.Lei.haH5921, andweכִּֽי־ki-H3588shall befruitfulוּפָרִ֥ינוּu.fa.Ri.nuH6509in thelandבָאָֽרֶץ׃va.'A.retzH776.

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