Genesis 26:17

and Isaac goeth from thence, and encampeth in the valley of Gerar, and dwelleth there;

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.

In Context

16And Abimelech saith unto Isaac, 'Go from us; for thou hast become much mightier than we;'

18and Isaac turneth back, and diggeth the wells of water which they digged in the days of Abraham his father, which the Philistines do stop after the death of Abraham, and he calleth to them names according to the names which his father called them.

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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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