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12 And Isaac soweth in that land, and findeth in that year a hundredfold, and Jehovah blesseth him;

13 and the man is great, and goeth on, going on and becoming great, till that he hath been very great,

14 and he hath possession of a flock, and possession of a herd, and an abundant service; and the Philistines envy him,

15 and all the wells which his father's servants digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines have stopped them, and fill them with dust.

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

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

18 and 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.

19 And Isaac's servants dig in the valley, and find there a well of living water,

20 and shepherds of Gerar strive with shepherds of Isaac, saying, `The water [is] ours;' and he calleth the name of the well `Strife,' because they have striven habitually with him;

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

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.'

12 Now Isaac sowed in that land and [a]reaped in the same year a hundred times as much. And (A)the Lord blessed him, 13 and the man (B)became rich, and continued to grow [b]richer until he became very [c]wealthy; 14 for (C)he had possessions of flocks [d]and herds, and a great household, so that the Philistines envied him. 15 Now (D)all the wells which his father’s servants had dug in the days of his father Abraham, the Philistines stopped up [e]by filling them with dirt. 16 Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Go away from us, for you are [f](E)too powerful for us.” 17 So Isaac departed from there and camped in the Valley of Gerar, and [g]settled there.

Argument over the Wells

18 Then Isaac dug again the wells of water which [h]had been dug in the days of his father Abraham, for the Philistines had stopped them up after the death of Abraham; and he [i]gave them the same names which his father had [j]given them. 19 But when Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found there a well of [k]flowing water, 20 the herdsmen of Gerar (F)quarreled with the herdsmen of Isaac, saying, “The water is ours!” So he named the well [l]Esek, because they argued with him. 21 Then they dug another well, and they quarreled over it too, so he named it [m]Sitnah. 22 Then he moved away from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it; so he named it [n]Rehoboth, for he said, “[o](G)At last the Lord has made [p]room for us, and we will be (H)fruitful in the land.”

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 26:12 Lit found
  2. Genesis 26:13 Lit great
  3. Genesis 26:13 Lit great
  4. Genesis 26:14 Lit and possessions of herds
  5. Genesis 26:15 Lit and filled them
  6. Genesis 26:16 Lit much mightier than we
  7. Genesis 26:17 Lit dwelt
  8. Genesis 26:18 Lit they had dug
  9. Genesis 26:18 Lit called their names as the names
  10. Genesis 26:18 Lit called
  11. Genesis 26:19 Lit living
  12. Genesis 26:20 I.e., argument
  13. Genesis 26:21 I.e., accusation
  14. Genesis 26:22 I.e., broad places
  15. Genesis 26:22 Lit Truly now
  16. Genesis 26:22 Or broad