Genesis 26:22
So they moved on from there and he had another well dug. This time there was no argument so he named the well, “Freedom,” saying, “Now the Lord has given us freedom to expand and be successful in this land.”
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In Context
21He had another well dug, and they argued over that one too. He named the well, “Opposition.”
23From there he moved on to Beersheba.
Cross References
Genesis 28:3God Almighty bless you and may your descendants be so numerous that you become the ancestor of many nations.
Exodus 1:7However, the Israelites had many children and their numbers increased rapidly. In fact there were so many of them that they became very powerful—the country was full of them.
Psalms 18:19He set me free, he rescued me because he's my friend.
Psalms 119:32I run to follow your commands, for you have expanded my mind!
Matthew Henry on Genesis 26:13-26
Isaac's Removal to Beersheba. ( b. c. 1804.) 12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the Lord blessed him: 13 And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great: 14 For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him. 15 For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth. 16 And… Read the whole commentary →