Genesis 26:22

And he removeth from thence, and diggeth another well, and they have not striven for it, and he calleth its name Enlargements, and saith, 'For — now hath Jehovah given enlargement to us, and we have been fruitful in the land.'

Young's Literal Translation

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 they dig another well, and they strive also for it, and he calleth its name 'Hatred.'

23And he goeth up from thence [to] Beer-Sheba,

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Cross References

Genesis 28:3and God Almighty doth bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and thou hast become an assembly of peoples;

Exodus 1:7and the sons of Israel have been fruitful, and they teem, and multiply, and are very very mighty, and the land is filled with them.

Psalms 18:19And He bringeth me forth to a large place, He draweth me out, because He delighted in me.

Psalms 119:32The way of Thy commands I run, For Thou dost 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 →

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