Genesis 26:18

KJV1611 – Modern English

And 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: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the days of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham's death; he gave them the same names his father had given them.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And Isaac digd again the wells of water, which they had digd 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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And Isaac{H3327} digged{H2658} again{H7725} the wells{H875} of water,{H4325} which they had digged{H2658} in the days{H3117} of Abraham{H85} his father;{H1} for the Philistines{H6430} had stopped{H5640} them after{H310} the death{H4194} of Abraham;{H85} and he called{H7121} their names{H8034} after the names{H8034} by which{H834} his father{H1} had called{H7121} them.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And Isaac{H3327} digged{H2658}{(H8799)} again{H7725}{(H8799)} the wells{H875} of water{H4325}, which they had digged{H2658}{(H8804)} in the days{H3117} of Abraham{H85} his father{H1}; for the Philistines{H6430} had stopped{H5640}{(H8762)} them after{H310} the death{H4194} of Abraham{H85}: and he called{H7121}{(H8799)} their names{H8034} after the names{H8034} by which{H834} his father{H1} had called{H7121}{(H8804)} them.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    And Isaac digged agayne the welles of water which they dygged in the dayes of Abraha his father which the Philestias had stoppe after ye deth of Abraha and gaue the the same names which hys father gaue the.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And whan he was satled, he caused to dygge vp the welles agayne, that they had dygged vp in his father Abrahas tyme, which the Philistynes had stopte after the death of Abraham, and he called the after ye same names that his father had named them withall.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And Izhak returning, digged the welles of water, which they had digged in the dayes of Abraham his father: for the Philistims had stopped them after the death of Abraham, and hee gaue them the same names, which his father gaue them.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And Isahac returning, digged againe the welles of water which they digged in the dayes of Abraham his father, which the Philistines had stopped after the death of Abraham, & named them after the same names by the which his father had named them.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And 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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    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.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and Isaac turneth back, and diggeth the wells of water which they digged in the days of Abraham his father, which the Philistines do stop after the death of Abraham, and he calleth to them names according to the names which his father called them.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And 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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And 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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    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.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug back in the days of his father Abraham, for the Philistines had stopped them up after Abraham died. Isaac gave these wells the same names his father had given them.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 21:31 : 31 Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because there they both swore an oath.
  • Num 32:38 : 38 And Nebo, and Baal-meon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names to the cities which they built.
  • Ps 16:4 : 4 Their sorrows shall be multiplied who hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood I will not offer, nor take up their names on my lips.
  • Hos 2:17 : 17 For I will take away the names of the Baals out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name.
  • Zech 13:2 : 2 And it shall come to pass in that day, says the LORD of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no longer be remembered; and also, I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to depart out of the land.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Gen 26:15-17
    3 verses
    88%

    15 For all the wells which his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.

    16 And Abimelech said to Isaac, Go from us; for you are much mightier than we.

    17 And Isaac departed from there, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and lived there.

  • Gen 26:19-22
    4 verses
    87%

    19 And Isaac's servants dug in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.

    20 And the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they quarreled with him.

    21 And they dug another well, and quarreled over that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.

    22 And he moved from there, and dug another well; and for that they quarreled not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.

  • Gen 26:31-33
    3 verses
    81%

    31 And they arose early in the morning, and swore one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.

    32 And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had dug, and said to him, We have found water.

    33 And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beersheba unto this day.

  • Gen 26:25-26
    2 verses
    80%

    25 And he built an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants dug a well.

    26 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.

  • 1 And there was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines to Gerar.

  • 11 And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac, and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahai Roi.

  • 25 And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.

  • 6 And Isaac lived in Gerar:

  • Gen 21:30-32
    3 verses
    71%

    30 And he said, For these seven ewe lambs you shall take from my hand, that they may be a witness that I have dug this well.

    31 Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because there they both swore an oath.

    32 Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba; then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his army, and they returned to the land of the Philistines.

  • Gen 29:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2 And he looked and saw a well in the field, and behold, three flocks of sheep were lying by it; for they watered the flocks from that well, and a large stone was on the well's mouth.

    3 And there all the flocks were gathered, and they rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, then put the stone back on the well's mouth in its place.

  • 19 And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son. Abraham begot Isaac.

  • 12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year a hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.

  • 62 Now Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi, for he dwelt in the south.

  • Num 21:17-18
    2 verses
    70%

    17 Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye to it:

    18 The princes dug the well, the nobles of the people dug it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah:

  • Gen 26:8-9
    2 verses
    69%

    8 And it happened, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out of a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was caressing Rebekah his wife.

    9 And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, certainly she is your wife: and how did you say, She is my sister? And Isaac said to him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.

  • 3 And Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.

  • 9 And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron, the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre;

  • 18 of whom it was said, 'In Isaac your seed shall be called,'

  • 16 Even the covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac;

  • 34 Abraham begot Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel.

  • 12 Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank from it himself, as well as his sons and his livestock?

  • 35 Which were a grief of mind to Isaac and to Rebekah.