Quarrel over the Wells: BIBLE, New American Standard Bible == BIBLE-CENTER

Genesis, Chapter 26, verses 18-25

¹⁸ Then Isaac dug again the wells of water which^q Lit they had dughad been dug in the days of his father Abraham, for the Philistines had stopped them up after the death of Abraham; and he^r Lit called their names as the namesgave them the same names which his father had^s Lit calledgiven them. ¹⁹ But when Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found there a well of^t Lit livingflowing water, ²⁰ the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with the herdsmen of Isaac, saying, “The water is ours!” So he named the well^u I.e. contentionEsek, because they contended with him. ²¹ Then they dug another well, and they quarreled over it too, so he named it^v I.e. enmitySitnah. ²² He moved away from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it; so he named it^w I.e. broad placesRehoboth, for he said, “^x Lit Truly nowAt last the LORD has made^y Or broadroom for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.”	20 Gen 21:25 22 Psa 4:1 Isa 54:2 Isa 54:3 Gen 17:6 Exo 1:7
²³ Then he went up from there to Beersheba. ²⁴ The LORD appeared to him the same night and said,“I am the God of your father Abraham; Do not fear, for I am with you. I will bless you, and multiply your^z Lit seeddescendants, For the sake of My servant Abraham.”	23 Gen 22:19 24 Gen 26:2 Gen 17:7 Gen 17:8 Gen 24:12 Exo 3:6 Act 7:32 Gen 15:1 Gen 22:17 Gen 26:3 Gen 26:4
²⁵ So he built an altar there and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there; and there Isaac’s servants dug a well.	25 Gen 12:7 Gen 12:8 Gen 13:4 Gen 13:18 Psa 116:17


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