Isaac’s servants dug in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.
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Isaac’s servants dug in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.
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And Isaac’s servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.
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And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of living water.
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Passages linked to Genesis 26:19 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- John 4:10-11 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.” The woman said to him, “Sir, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. So where do you get that living water?
- John 7:38 He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within him will flow rivers of living water.”
- Song of Solomon 4:15 a fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, flowing streams from Lebanon.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Or, springing.
Or, springing.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Gen 26:19 And Isaac’s servants digged in the valley,…
Gen 26:19 And Isaac’s servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.
Ver. 19. A well of springing water.] Heb., Living; so called for their continual motion. Life consisteth in action: and the godly esteem of life, by that stirring they find in their souls. "O Lord," saith Hezekiah, "by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit". {Isa 38:16} And thus, many a man lives more in a shorter, than others in a longer time. St Jerome tells of one, qui in brevi vitae spatio tempora virtutum multa replevit. {a} As Seneca of another, qui non diu vixit, sed diu fuit: Non multum navigavit, sed multum iactatus est. Oh, live, live, live, saith a reverend man, {b} quickly, much, long: else you are but hissed and kicked off this stage of the world, as Phocas was by Heraclius; nay, as many {Job 27:23; Job 27:15} who were buried before half dead.
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{a} Jerom. Epist. ad Fri.
{b} Abner’s Fun., by M. Harris.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's…
And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdmen,.... About the well which was dug in the valley; and this shows it was near Gerar or at least was upon the border of the country, and so it was a disputable point to whom it belonged:
saying, the water is ours; though the well was dug by Isaac's servants, yet they laid claim to the water, pretending it was their ground, being on their borders:
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and he called the name of the well Esek: which signifies "contention": the reason of the name follows:
because they strove with him; wrangled, contended, and disputed with him about whose right it was.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 19. A well of springing water.] באר מים…
Verse 19. A well of springing water.] באר מים חיים beer mayim chaiyim, A well of living waters. This is the oriental phrase for a spring, and this is its meaning both in the Old and New Testaments: Le 14:5, Le 14:50; Le 15:30; Nu 19:17; Son 4:15. See also Joh 4:10-14; Joh 7:38; Re 21:6; Re 22:1. And by these scriptures we find that an unfailing spring was an emblem of the graces and influences of the Spirit of God.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Torrent. That is, a channel where sometimes a torrent,…
Torrent. That is, a channel where sometimes a torrent, or violent stream had run. (Challoner) --- In this vale of Gerara, a never-failing spring was found. (Haydock)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 19. springing] Heb. living. A well (be’êr) might contain…
19. springing] Heb. living. A well (be’êr) might contain either the water that came from a spring, as here; or water that was stored from rainfall. The word rendered “springing” appears as “running” in Lev_14:5 and as “living” in Jer_2:13; cf. Zec_14:8; Joh_4:10.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And Isaac"s servants digged in the valley, and found…
And Isaac"s servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water. Literally, living water (cf. Lev_14:5, Lev_14:6; Zec_14:8; Rev_21:6)
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 flowing water
flowing water
This phrase refers to a natural spring they uncovered when they were digging a new well. It provided a continuous flow of fresh drinking water. AT: "fresh water" (See: Idiom)
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herdsmen
men who tended livestock
This water is ours
Here "ours" refers to the herdsmen of Gerar. (See: Exclusive and Inclusive "We")
Esek
Translators may also add a footnote that says "The name Esek means 'quarrel' or 'argue.'" (See: How to Translate Names)
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Isaac
servant
cistern
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