Genesis 26:18

And Yitzchak dug again the be'erot hamayim (wells of water), which they had dug in the days of Avraham aviv; for the Pelishtim had stopped them up after the mot Avraham; and he called their shemot after the shemot by which his av had called them.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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

17And Yitzchak departed from there, and encamped in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.

19And avdei Yitzchak dug in the valley, and found there a well of mayim chayyim.

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Cross References

Genesis 21:31Therefore he called that place Be'er-Sheva; because there they swore an oath both of them.

Psalms 16:4Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after other g-ds; 1 their nesakhim (drink offerings) of dahm will I not offer, 1 nor take up their shmot (names) + 16:4 of idols on my lips. 1

Zechariah 13:2And in Yom HaHu it shall come to pass, saith Hashem Tzva'os, that I will cut off the shmot (names) of the atzabim (idols) out of ha'aretz, and they shall no more be remembered; and also I will cause the nevi'im and the ruach hatum'ah (unclean spirit) to pass from ha'aretz.

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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