Genesis 26:22

And he departed thence and dug another well; and they did not strive about that; and he named the name of it, Room, saying, Because now the Lord has made room for us, and has increased us upon the earth.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

21And having departed thence he dug another well, and they strove also for that; and he named the name of it, Enmity.

23And he went up thence to the well of the oath.

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Cross References

Genesis 28:3And may my God bless thee, and increase thee, and multiply thee, and thou shalt become gatherings of nations.

Exodus 1:7And the children of Israel increased and multiplied, and became numerous and grew exceedingly strong, and the land multiplied them.

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 →

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