Genesis 26:18
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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.Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the days of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died. And he gave these wells the same names his father had given them.
In other translations
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.Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the days of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died. And he gave these wells the same names his father had given them.
Hebrew words
וַיָּשָׁבvaiyashovand he returnedH7725יִצְחָקyitzchakIsaacH3327וַיַּחְפֹּר׀vaiyachporand he dugH2658אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853בְּאֵרֹתbe'erot[the] wells ofH875הַמַּיִםhamayim<the> waterH4325אֲשֶׁר'asherwhichH834חָפְרוּchaferupeople had dugH2658בִּימֵיbimeiin [the] days ofH3117אַבְרָהָם'avrahamAbrahamH85אָבִיו'avivfather hisH1וַיְסַתְּמוּםvaysatemumand they had stopped up themH5640פְּלִשְׁתִּיםpelishtim[the] PhilistinesH6430אַחֲרֵי'achareiafterH310מוֹתmot[the] death ofH4194אַבְרָהָם'avrahamAbrahamH85וַיִּקְרָאvaiyikra'and he calledH7121לָהֶןlahen<to> <the> themשֵׁמוֹתshemotnamesH8034כַּשֵּׁמֹתkashemotlike the namesH8034אֲשֶׁר־'asher-whichH834קָרָאkara'he had calledH7121לָהֶןlahen<to> <the> themאָבִיו׃'avivfather hisH1
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Related verses
- Zechariah 13:2And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.And on that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will erase the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. I will also remove the prophets and the spirit of impurity from the land.
- Numbers 32:38And Nebo, and Baal–meon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded.as well as Nebo and Baal-meon (whose names were changed), and Sibmah. And they renamed the cities they rebuilt.
- Hosea 2:17For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name.For I will remove from her lips the names of the Baals; no longer will their names be invoked.
- Psalm 16:4Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips.Sorrows will multiply to those who chase other gods. I will not pour out their libations of blood, or speak their names with my lips.
- Genesis 21:31Wherefore he called that place Beer–sheba; because there they sware both of them.So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.
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