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Genesis 26:21-23
International Standard Version
Genesis 26:21-23
International Standard Version
21 When his workers started digging another well, those herdsmen[a] quarreled about that one, too, so Isaac[b] named it Sitnah.[c] 22 Then he left that area and dug still another well. Because they did not quarrel over that one, Isaac[d] named it Rehoboth,[e] because he used to say, “The Lord has enlarged the territory[f] for us. We will prosper in the land.”
God Renews His Promise to Isaac
23 Later on, he left there and went to Beer-sheba,
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- Genesis 26:21 Lit. well, they
- Genesis 26:21 Lit. he
- Genesis 26:21 The Heb. name Sitnah means strife
- Genesis 26:22 Lit. he
- Genesis 26:22 The Heb. name Rehoboth means wide places
- Genesis 26:22 The Heb. lacks the territory
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