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Genesis 26:18

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

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

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On that day’ #– #this is the declaration of the Lord of Armies #– #‘I will remove the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered.  I will banish the prophets  and the unclean spirit from the land.


For I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth; they will no longer be remembered by their names.


as well as Nebo and Baal-meon (whose names were changed), and Sibmah. They gave names to the cities they rebuilt.


Therefore that place was called Beer-sheba  , because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.


But Abraham complained to Abimelech because of the well that Abimelech’s servants had seized.


So Isaac left there, camped in the Gerar Valley, and lived there.


Then Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found a well of spring  water there.


Since he had many cattle both in the Judean foothills  and the plain, he built towers in the desert and dug many wells.  And since he was a lover of the soil, he had farmers and vinedressers in the hills and in the fertile lands.


He replied, ‘You are to accept the seven ewe lambs from me so that this act  will serve as my witness that I dug this well.’





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