Genesis 26:18

Isaac reopened the wells which had been dug in the days of his father Abraham and stopped by the Philistines after his death. He called them by the names his father had given them.

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And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.

In Context

17So Isaac departed, and encamped in the valley of Gerar, and settled there.

19When Isaac’s slaves dug in the valley, they found there a well of spring water.

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Cross References

Genesis 21:31The place was called Beer-sheba, because it was there they swore their oath.

Psalms 16:4Those who choose other gods find endless sorrow. In their offerings of blood I will have no part nor take their name on my lips.

Zechariah 13:2And it will be on that day, says the Lord of hosts, I will cut off the names of the idols from the land and they will be remembered no more. And the prophets and the unclean spirit I will banish from the land.

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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