Genesis 26:32

It was that very day when Isaac's servants who'd been digging a well came and told him, “We've found water!”

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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

31and got up early in the morning and they each swore oaths to one other. Then Isaac sent them on their way, and they left in peace.

33So Isaac named the well, “Oath,” and that's why the name of the town is “Well of the Oath” (Beersheba) to this day.

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Cross References

Proverbs 2:4if you look for it as if it were silver and search for it as if it were hidden treasure;

Proverbs 13:4Lazy people want a lot, but get nothing; if you work hard you'll be well rewarded.

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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