Genesis 26:22

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Then he went away from there, and made another water-hole, about which there was no fighting: so he gave it the name of Rehoboth, for he said, Now the Lord has made room for us, and we will have fruit in this land.

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  • Exod 1:7 : 7 And the children of Israel were fertile, increasing very greatly in numbers and in power; and the land was full of them.
  • Gen 17:6 : 6 I will make you very fertile, so that nations will come from you and kings will be your offspring.
  • Ps 4:1 : 1 <To the chief music-maker on corded instruments. A Psalm. Of David.> Give answer to my cry, O God of my righteousness; make me free from my troubles; have mercy on me, and give ear to my prayer.
  • Ps 18:19 : 19 He took me out into a wide place; he was my saviour because he had delight in me.
  • Ps 118:5 : 5 I made my prayer to the Lord in my trouble: and the Lord gave me an answer, and put me in a wide place.
  • Gen 28:3 : 3 And may God, the Ruler of all, give you his blessing, giving you fruit and increase, so that you may become an army of peoples.
  • Gen 41:52 : 52 And to the second he gave the name Ephraim, for he said, God has given me fruit in the land of my sorrow.

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  • Gen 26:15-21
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    15 Now all the water-holes, which his father's servants had made in the days of Abraham, had been stopped up with earth by the Philistines.

    16 And Abimelech said to Isaac, Go away from us, for you are stronger than we are.

    17 So Isaac went away from there, and put up his tents in the valley of Gerar, making his living-place there.

    18 And he made again the water-holes which had been made in the days of Abraham his father, and which had been stopped up by the Philistines; and he gave them the names which his father had given them.

    19 Now Isaac's servants made holes in the valley, and came to a spring of flowing water.

    20 But the herdmen of Gerar had a fight with Isaac's herdmen, for they said, The spring is ours: so he gave the spring the name of Esek, because there was a fight about it.

    21 Then they made another water-hole, and there was a fight about that, so he gave it the name of Sitnah.

  • 23 And from there he went on to Beer-sheba.

  • Gen 26:32-33
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    32 And that day Isaac's servants came to him and gave him word of the water-hole which they had made, and said to him, We have come to water.

    33 And he gave it the name of Shibah: so the name of that town is Beer-sheba to this day.

  • 25 Then he made an altar there, and gave worship to the name of the Lord, and he put up his tents there, and there his servants made a water-hole.

  • Gen 21:30-32
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    30 And he said, Take these seven lambs from me as a witness that I have made this water-hole.

    31 So he gave that place the name Beer-sheba, because there the two of them had given their oaths.

    32 So they made an agreement at Beer-sheba, and Abimelech and Phicol, the captain of his army, went back to the land of the Philistines.

  • 14 So that fountain was named, Fountain of Life and Vision: it is between Kadesh and Bered.

  • 25 But Abraham made a protest to Abimelech because of a water-hole which Abimelech's servants had taken by force.

  • Gen 29:2-3
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    2 And there he saw a water-hole in a field, and by the side of it three flocks of sheep, for there they got water for the sheep: and on the mouth of the water-hole there was a great stone.

    3 And all the flocks would come together there, and when the stone had been rolled away, they would give the sheep water, and put the stone back again in its place on the mouth of the water-hole.

  • 11 Now after the death of Abraham, the blessing of God was with Isaac, his son.

  • Gen 26:12-13
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    12 Now Isaac, planting seed in that land, got in the same year fruit a hundred times as much, for the blessing of the Lord was on him.

    13 And his wealth became very great, increasing more and more;

  • 62 Now Isaac had come through the waste land to Beer-lahai-roi; for he was living in the South.

  • Gen 13:7-8
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    7 And there was an argument between the keepers of Abram's cattle and the keepers of Lot's cattle: at that time the Canaanites and Perizzites were still living in the land.

    8 Then Abram said to Lot, Let there be no argument between me and you, and between my herdmen and your herdmen, for we are brothers.

  • Num 21:16-17
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    16 From there they went on to Beer, the water-spring of which the Lord said to Moses, Make the people come together and I will give them water.

    17 Then Israel gave voice to this song: Come up, O water-spring, let us make a song to it:

  • 3 And travelling on from the South, he came to Beth-el, to the place where his tent had been before, between Beth-el and Ai;

  • 25 And she said, We have a great store of dry grass and cattle-food, and there is room for you.

  • 15 And Abimelech said, See, all my land is before you; take whatever place seems good to you.

  • 14 Now, may the girl to whom I say, Let down your vessel and give me a drink, and who says in answer, Here is a drink for you and let me give water to your camels: may she be the one marked out by you for your servant Isaac: so may I be certain that you have been good to my master Abraham.

  • 19 Then God made a crack in the hollow rock in Lehi and water came out of it; and after drinking, his spirit came back to him and he was strong again; so that place was named En-hakkore; it is in Lehi to this day.

  • 42 And I came today to the water-spring, and I said, O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, if it is your purpose to give a good outcome to my journey,

  • 19 Then Abraham went back to his young men and they went together to Beer-sheba, the place where Abraham was living.

  • 8 And moving on from there to the mountain on the east of Beth-el, he put up his tent, having Beth-el on the west and Ai on the east: and there he made an altar and gave worship to the name of the Lord.

  • 16 For the wealth which God has taken from him is ours and our children's; so now, whatever God has said to you, do.

  • 29 Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban, and he came out quickly to the man at the water-spring.

  • 22 And the children were fighting together inside her, and she said, If it is to be so, why am I like this? So she went to put her question to the Lord.

  • 2 And the Lord came to him in a vision and said, Do not go down to Egypt; keep in the land of which I will give you knowledge:

  • 30 For before I came you had little, and it has been greatly increased; and the Lord has given you a blessing in everything I have done; but when am I to do something for my family?