Genesis 26:18

Isaac dug again the wells of water, which they had dug in the days of Abraham his father. For the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham. He called their names after the names by which his father had called them.

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WEBBE

Isaac dug again the wells of water, which they had dug in the days of Abraham his father, for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham. He called their names after the names by which his father had called them.

BSB

Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the days of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died. And he gave these wells the same names his father had given them.

KJV

And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.

ASV

And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.

BBE

And he made again the water-holes which had been made in the days of Abraham his father, and which had been stopped up by the Philistines; and he gave them the names which his father had given them.

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וַיָּשָׁב vai·ya·shov and he returned H7725 יִצְחָק yitz·chak Isaac H3327 וַיַּחְפֹּר vai·yach·por and he dug H2658 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 בְּאֵרֹת be·'e·rot [the] wells of H875 הַמַּיִם ha·ma·yim (the) water H4325 אֲשֶׁר 'a·sher which H834 חָפְרוּ cha·fe·ru people had dug H2658 בִּימֵי bi·mei in [the] days of H3117 אַבְרָהָם 'av·ra·ham Abraham H85 אָבִיו 'a·viv father his H1 וַיְסַתְּמוּם vay·sa·te·mum and they had stopped up them H5640 פְּלִשְׁתִּים pe·lish·tim [the] Philistines H6430 אַחֲרֵי 'a·cha·rei after H310 מוֹת mot [the] death of H4194 אַבְרָהָם 'av·ra·ham Abraham H85 וַיִּקְרָא vai·yik·ra' and he called H7121 לָהֶן la·hen (to) (the) them H9039 שֵׁמוֹת she·mot names H8034 כַּשֵּׁמֹת ka·she·mot like the names H8034 אֲשֶׁר־ 'a·sher- which H834 קָרָא ka·ra' he had called H7121 לָהֶן la·hen (to) (the) them H9039 אָבִיו 'a·viv father his H1

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 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. At length Isaac digged a well, for which they strove not. Those that study to be quiet, seldom fail of being so. When men are false and unkind, still God is faithful and gracious; and his time to show himself so is, when we are most disappointed by men. The same night that Isaac came weary and uneasy to Beer-sheba, God brought comforts to his soul. Those may remove with comfort who are sure of God's presence.

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