Genesis 26:22
And he removed from there, and dug another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rechoboth, and he said, For now the Lord hath made room for us, and we shall increase in the land.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
21And they dug another well, and they strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.
23And he went up from there to Beer-sheba.
Cross References
Genesis 28:3And God, the Almighty, bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest become a multitude of people;
Exodus 1:7And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them.
Psalms 18:19(18:20) And he brought me forth into a large space; he delivered me, because he had delight in me.
Psalms 119:32The way of thy commandments will I run; for thou wilt enlarge my heart.
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 →