Genesis 26:22

He left that place, and dug another well. They didn’t argue over that one. He called it Rehoboth. He said, “For now Yahweh has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.”

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WEBBE

He left that place, and dug another well. They didn’t argue over that one. So he called it Rehoboth. He said, “For now the LORD has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.”

BSB

He moved on from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. He named it Rehoboth and said, “At last the LORD has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.”

KJV

And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.

ASV

And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now Jehovah hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.

BBE

Then he went away from there, and made another water-hole, about which there was no fighting: so he gave it the name of Rehoboth, for he said, Now the Lord has made room for us, and we will have fruit in this land.

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וַיַּעְתֵּק vai·ya'·tek and he moved on H6275 מִשָּׁם mi·sham from there H8033 וַיַּחְפֹּר vai·yach·por and he dug H2658 בְּאֵר be·'er a well H875 אַחֶרֶת 'a·che·ret another H312 וְלֹא ve·lo' and not H3808 רָבוּ ra·vu they disputed H7378 עָלֶיהָ 'a·lei·ha on it H5921 וַיִּקְרָא vai·yik·ra' and he called H7121 שְׁמָהּ she·mah name its H8034 רְחֹבוֹת re·cho·vot Rehoboth H7344 וַיֹּאמֶר vai·yo·mer and he said H559 כִּי־ ki- that H3588 עַתָּה 'a·tah now H6258 הִרְחִיב hir·chiv he has made space H7337 יְהוָה yah·weh Yahweh H3068 לָנוּ la·nu for (the) us H9035 וּפָרִינוּ u·fa·ri·nu and we will be fruitful H6509 בָאָרֶץ va·'a·retz in the land H776

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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