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Genesis 26:21-23
Living Bible
Genesis 26:21-23
Living Bible
21 Isaac’s men then dug another well, but again there was a fight over it. So he called it, “The Well of Anger.”[a] 22 Abandoning that one, he dug again, and the local residents finally left him alone. So he called it, “The Well of Room Enough for Us at Last!”[b] “For now at last,” he said, “the Lord has made room for us and we shall thrive.”
23 When he went to Beer-sheba,
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- Genesis 26:21 The Well of Anger, i.e., Sitnah.
- Genesis 26:22 The Well of Room Enough for Us at Last, i.e., Rehoboth.
Genesis 26:21-23
New International Version
Genesis 26:21-23
New International Version
21 Then they dug another well, but they quarreled(A) over that one also; so he named it Sitnah.[a] 22 He moved on from there and dug another well, and no one quarreled over it. He named it Rehoboth,[b](B) saying, “Now the Lord has given us room(C) and we will flourish(D) in the land.”
23 From there he went up to Beersheba.(E)
Footnotes
- Genesis 26:21 Sitnah means opposition.
- Genesis 26:22 Rehoboth means room.
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