Genesis 26:19

19 Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and discovered a well of fresh water there.

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Genesis 26:19 in Other Translations

KJV

19 And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.

ESV

19 But when Isaac's servants dug in the valley and found there a well of spring water,

NLT

19 Isaac’s servants also dug in the Gerar Valley and discovered a well of fresh water.

MSG

19 One day, as Isaac's servants were digging in the valley, they came on a well of spring water.

CSB

19 Moreover, Isaac's slaves dug in the valley and found a well of spring water there.

Genesis 26:19 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 26:19

And Isaac's servants digged in the valley
In the valley of Gerar, as the Septuagint version expresses it: and found there a well of springing water;
or "living water" ^F12, which continually flows, as Aben Ezra rightly interprets it: hence this phrase is used of the perpetual and ever living graces of the Spirit of God, ( John 4:10 John 4:11 ) ( 7:38 ) .

FOOTNOTES:

F12 (Myyx Mym) "aquarum viventium", Pagninus, Montanus, Drusius.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Genesis 26:19 In-Context

17 So Isaac moved away from there and encamped in the Valley of Gerar, where he settled.

18 Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the time of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died, and he gave them the same names his father had given them.

19 Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and discovered a well of fresh water there.

20 But the herders of Gerar quarreled with those of Isaac and said, “The water is ours!” So he named the well Esek, because they disputed with him.

21 Then they dug another well, but they quarreled over that one also; so he named it Sitnah.

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Genesis 26:19 in Other Translations

Genesis 26:19 Meaning and Commentary

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