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12 And Isaac sowed in that land and reaped in that same year a hundredfold, and Yahweh blessed him. 13 And the man became wealthier and wealthier[a] until he was exceedingly wealthy. 14 And he possessed sheep and cattle and many servants, so that the Philistines envied him. 15 And the Philistines stopped up all the wells that the servants of his father had dug in the days of Abraham his father. They filled them with earth. 16 And Abimelech said to Isaac, “Go away from us, for you have become much too powerful for us.” 17 So Isaac departed from there and camped in the valley of Gerar, and settled there. 18 And Isaac dug again the wells of water which they had dug in the days of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after the death of Abraham. And he gave[b] to them the same names[c] which his father had given[d] them. 19 And when the servants of Isaac dug in the valley, they found a well of fresh water there. 20 Then the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with the herdsmen of Isaac, saying, “The water is ours.” And he called the name of the well Esek, because they contended with him. 21 And they dug another well, and they quarreled over it also. And he called its name Sitnah. 22 Then he moved from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. And he called its name Rehoboth, and said, “Now Yahweh has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.” 23 And from there he went up to Beersheba. 24 And Yahweh appeared to him that night and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you, and I will bless you and make your descendants numerous for the sake of my servant Abraham.” 25 And he built an altar there and called on the name of Yahweh. And he pitched his tent there, and the servants of Isaac dug a well there.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 26:13 Literally “became great and went, going and became great”
  2. Genesis 26:18 Or “called”
  3. Genesis 26:18 Literally “names as names”
  4. Genesis 26:18 Or “called”

Conflicts over Wells

12 Isaac sowed seed in that land, and in that year he reaped[a] a hundred times what was sown. The Lord blessed him,(A) 13 and the man became rich and kept getting richer until he was very wealthy. 14 He had flocks of sheep, herds of cattle, and many slaves, and the Philistines were envious of him. 15 The Philistines stopped up all the wells that his father’s slaves had dug in the days of his father Abraham,(B) filling them with dirt. 16 And Abimelech said to Isaac, “Leave us, for you are much too powerful for us.”[b]

17 So Isaac left there, camped in the Valley of Gerar, and lived there. 18 Isaac reopened the water wells that had been dug in the days of his father Abraham and that the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died. He gave them the same names his father had given them. 19 Then Isaac’s slaves dug in the valley and found a well of spring[c] water there. 20 But the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen and said, “The water is ours!” So he named the well Quarrel[d] because they quarreled with him.(C) 21 Then they dug another well and quarreled over that one also, so he named it Hostility.[e] 22 He moved from there and dug another, and they did not quarrel over it. He named it Open Spaces[f] and said, “For now the Lord has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.”

The Lord Appears to Isaac

23 From there he went up to Beer-sheba, 24 and the Lord appeared to him that night and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham.(D) Do not be afraid, for I am with you.(E) I will bless you and multiply your offspring because of My servant Abraham.”

25 So he built an altar there,(F) called on the name of Yahweh, and pitched his tent there. Isaac’s slaves also dug a well there.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 26:12 Lit found
  2. Genesis 26:16 Or are more numerous than we are
  3. Genesis 26:19 Lit living
  4. Genesis 26:20 Or Esek
  5. Genesis 26:21 Or Sitnah
  6. Genesis 26:22 Or Rehoboth