Genesis 26:21

World English Bible (2000)

They dug another well, and they argued over that, also. He called its name Sitnah.

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  • Ezra 4:6 : 6 In the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.

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    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 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 springing water.

    20 The herdsmen of Gerar argued with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, "The water is ours." He called the name of the well Esek, because they contended with him.

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    22 He left that place, and dug another well. They didn't argue over that one. He called it Rehoboth. He said, "For now Yahweh has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land."

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    25 He built an altar there, and called on the name of Yahweh, and pitched his tent there. There Isaac's servants dug a well.

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    30 He said, "You shall take these seven ewe lambs from my hand, that it may be a witness to me, that I have dug this well."

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  • 35 They grieved Isaac's and Rebekah's spirits.

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  • 7 He called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because the children of Israel quarreled, and because they tested Yahweh, saying, "Is Yahweh among us, or not?"

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