Avraham complained to Avimelekh because of a water well, which Avimelekh's servants had violently taken away.
Genesis 26:18 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Yitzchak dug again the wells of water, which they had dug in the days of Avraham his father. For the Pelishtim had stopped them after the death of Avraham. He called their names after the names by which his father had called them. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Isaac dug again the wells of water which had been dug in the days of Abraham his father, for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham; and he gave them 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. Common English Bible Isaac dug out again the wells that were dug during the lifetime of his father Abraham. The Philistines had closed them up after Abraham’s death. Isaac gave them the same names his father had given them. Catholic Public Domain Version Again, he dug up other wells, which the servants of his father Abraham had dug, and which, after his death, the Philistines had formerly obstructed. And he called them by the same names that his father had called them before. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he digged again other wells, which the servants of his father Abraham had digged, and which, after his death, the Palestines had of old stopped up. And he called them by the same names by which his father before had called them. |
Avraham complained to Avimelekh because of a water well, which Avimelekh's servants had violently taken away.
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.*
Therefore he called that place Be'er-Sheva, because they both swore there.
Yitzchak departed from there, encamped in the valley of Gerar, and lived there.
Yitzchak's servants dug in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.
He built towers in the wilderness, and hewed out many cisterns, for he had much livestock; in the lowland also, and in the plain: [and he had] farmers and vineyard keepers in the mountains and in the fruitful fields; for he loved farming.
Their sorrows shall be multiplied who give gifts to another god. Their drink offerings of blood I will not offer, nor take their names on my lips.
For I will take away the names of the Ba`alim out of her mouth, and they will no longer be mentioned by name.
It will come to pass in that day, says the LORD of Armies, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they will no more be remembered; and also I will cause the prophets and the spirit of impurity to pass out of the land.
and Nevo 1, and Ba`al-Me`on, (their names being changed), and Sivmah: and they gave other names to the cities which they built.