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Genesis 26:16-18
New International Version
Genesis 26:16-18
New International Version
16 Then Abimelek said to Isaac, “Move away from us;(A) you have become too powerful for us.(B)”
17 So Isaac moved away from there and encamped in the Valley of Gerar,(C) where he settled. 18 Isaac reopened the wells(D) 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.
Genesis 26:16-18
English Standard Version
Genesis 26:16-18
English Standard Version
16 And Abimelech said to Isaac, “Go away from us, for you are much mightier than we.”
17 So Isaac departed from there and encamped in the Valley of Gerar and settled there. 18 And Isaac dug again the wells of water that had been dug in the days of Abraham his father, which the Philistines had stopped after the death of Abraham. And (A)he gave them the names that his father had given them.
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Genesis 26:16-18
King James Version
Genesis 26:16-18
King James Version
16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.
17 And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
18 And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.
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Genesis 26:16-18
New American Standard Bible
Genesis 26:16-18
New American Standard Bible
16 Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Go away from us, for you are [a](A)too powerful for us.” 17 So Isaac departed from there and camped in the Valley of Gerar, and [b]settled there.
Argument over the Wells
18 Then Isaac dug again the wells of water which [c]had been dug in the days of his father Abraham, for the Philistines had stopped them up after the death of Abraham; and he [d]gave them the same names which his father had [e]given them.
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- Genesis 26:16 Lit much mightier than we
- Genesis 26:17 Lit dwelt
- Genesis 26:18 Lit they had dug
- Genesis 26:18 Lit called their names as the names
- Genesis 26:18 Lit called
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