Genesis 26:12-25
World English Bible
12 Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year one hundred times what he planted. Yahweh blessed him. 13 The man grew great, and grew more and more until he became very great. 14 He had possessions of flocks, possessions of herds, and a great household. The Philistines envied him. 15 Now all the wells which his father’s servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped, and filled with earth. 16 Abimelech said to Isaac, “Go away from us, for you are much mightier than we.”
17 Isaac departed from there, encamped in the valley of Gerar, and lived there.
18 Isaac dug again the wells of water, which they had dug in the days of Abraham his father, for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham. He called their names after the names by which his father had called them. 19 Isaac’s servants dug in the valley, and found there a well of flowing[a] water. 20 The herdsmen of Gerar argued with Isaac’s herdsmen, saying, “The water is ours.” So he called the name of the well Esek,[b] because they contended with him. 21 They dug another well, and they argued over that, also. So he called its name Sitnah.[c] 22 He left that place, and dug another well. They didn’t argue over that one. So he called it Rehoboth.[d] He said, “For now Yahweh has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.”
23 He went up from there to Beersheba. 24 Yahweh appeared to him the same night, and said, “I am the God of Abraham your father. Don’t be afraid, for I am with you, and will bless you, and multiply your offspring for my servant Abraham’s sake.”
25 He built an altar there, and called on Yahweh’s name, and pitched his tent there. There Isaac’s servants dug a well.
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Genesis 26:12-25
Holman Christian Standard Bible
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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- Genesis 26:12 Lit found
- Genesis 26:16 Or are more numerous than we are
- Genesis 26:19 Lit living
- Genesis 26:20 Or Esek
- Genesis 26:21 Or Sitnah
- Genesis 26:22 Or Rehoboth
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