17 So Isaac departed from there and camped in the Valley of Gerar, and [a]settled there.

Argument over the Wells

18 Then Isaac dug again the wells of water which [b]had been dug in the days of his father Abraham, for the Philistines had stopped them up after the death of Abraham; and he [c]gave them the same names which his father had [d]given them. 19 But when Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found there a well of [e]flowing water,

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 26:17 Lit dwelt
  2. Genesis 26:18 Lit they had dug
  3. Genesis 26:18 Lit called their names as the names
  4. Genesis 26:18 Lit called
  5. Genesis 26:19 Lit living

17 So Isaac moved away from there and encamped in the Valley of Gerar,(A) where he settled. 18 Isaac reopened the wells(B) 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.

19 Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and discovered a well of fresh water there.

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