Genesis 26:32

And behold the same day the servants of Isaac came, telling him of a well which they had digged, and saying: We have found water.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac’s servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water.

In Context

31Arising in the morning, they swore one to another: and Isaac sent them away peaceably to their own home.

33Whereupon he called it Abundance: and the name of the city was called Bersabee, even to this day.

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Cross References

Proverbs 2:4If thou shalt seek her as money, and shalt dig for her as for a treasure:

Proverbs 13:4The sluggard willeth and willeth not: but the soul of them that work, shall be made fat.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 26:27-34

Isaac's Covenant with Abimelech. ( b. c. 1760.) 26 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army. 27 And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you? 28 And they said, We saw certainly that the Lord was with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee; 29 That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as… Read the whole commentary →

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