Genesis 26:20
And the herdsmen of Gerar strove with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek, because they contended with him.
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- Gen 21:25 : 25 And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of the well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.
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- Gen 26:21-222 verses85%
21And they digged another well, and they strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.
22And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now Jehovah hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.
- Gen 26:14-196 verses83%
14and he had possessions of flocks, and possessions of herds, and a great household: and the Philistines envied him.
15Now all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped, and filled with earth.
16And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.
17And Isaac departed thence, and encamped in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
18And 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.
19And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.
- Gen 26:31-333 verses79%
31And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
32And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water.
33And he called it Shibah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.
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25And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of the well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.
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25And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of Jehovah, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a well.
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6And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:
- Gen 21:30-312 verses71%
30And he said, These seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that it may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.
31Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.
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1And there was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines, unto Gerar.
- Gen 29:2-32 verses70%
2And he looked, and, behold, a well in the field, and, lo, three flocks of sheep lying there by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and the stone upon the well's mouth was great.
3And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well's mouth in its place.
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12Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his sons, and his cattle?
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13These are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with Jehovah, and he was sanctified in them.
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7And there was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram's cattle and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelt then in the land.
- Num 21:16-183 verses69%
16And from thence [they journeyed] to Beer: that is the well whereof Jehovah said unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.
17Then sang Israel this song: Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it:
18The well, which the princes digged, Which the nobles of the people delved, With the sceptre, [and] with their staves. And from the wilderness [they journeyed] to Mattanah;
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7And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the striving of the children of Israel, and because they tempted Jehovah, saying, Is Jehovah among us, or not?
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27And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore are ye come unto me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?
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35and they were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
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8And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then we water the sheep.
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14Wherefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
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2Wherefore the people strove with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why strive ye with me? Wherefore do ye tempt Jehovah?
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4So there was gathered much people together, and they stopped all the fountains, and the brook that flowed through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water?
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19And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go up by the highway; and if we drink of thy water, I and my cattle, then will I give the price thereof: let me only, without [doing] anything [else], pass through on my feet.
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62And Isaac came from the way of Beer-lahai-roi; for he dwelt in the land of the South.
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11And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed Isaac his son: and Isaac dwelt by Beer-lahai-roi.
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7For their substance was too great for them to dwell together; and the land of their sojournings could not bear them because of their cattle.
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24And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river.