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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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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 26:21 Lit. well, they
  2. Genesis 26:21 Lit. he
  3. Genesis 26:21 The Heb. name Sitnah means strife
  4. Genesis 26:22 Lit. he
  5. Genesis 26:22 The Heb. name Rehoboth means wide places
  6. Genesis 26:22 The Heb. lacks the territory