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18 He reopened the wells his father had dug, which the Philistines had filled in after Abraham’s death. Isaac also restored the names Abraham had given them.

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18 Isaac reopened the wells(A) that had been dug in the time of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died, and he gave them the same names his father had given them.

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“And on that day,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, “I will erase idol worship throughout the land, so that even the names of the idols will be forgotten. I will remove from the land both the false prophets and the spirit of impurity that came with them.

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“On that day, I will banish the names of the idols(A) from the land, and they will be remembered no more,”(B) declares the Lord Almighty. “I will remove both the prophets(C) and the spirit of impurity from the land.

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17 O Israel, I will wipe the many names of Baal from your lips,
    and you will never mention them again.

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17 I will remove the names of the Baals from her lips;(A)
    no longer will their names be invoked.(B)

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Troubles multiply for those who chase after other gods.
    I will not take part in their sacrifices of blood
    or even speak the names of their gods.

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Those who run after other gods(A) will suffer(B) more and more.
    I will not pour out libations of blood to such gods
    or take up their names(C) on my lips.

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38 Nebo, Baal-meon, and Sibmah. They changed the names of some of the towns they conquered and rebuilt.

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38 as well as Nebo(A) and Baal Meon (these names were changed) and Sibmah.(B) They gave names to the cities they rebuilt.

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31 Then he named the place Beersheba (which means “well of the oath”), because that was where they had sworn the oath.

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31 So that place was called Beersheba,[a](A) because the two men swore an oath(B) there.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 21:31 Beersheba can mean well of seven and well of the oath.