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Genesis 26:19

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Genesis 26:19 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And Isaac`s servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And Isaac`s servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.
Genesis 26:19 — American Standard Version

Context — Genesis 26

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
16And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us. For thou art much mightier than we.
17And Isaac departed thence, and encamped in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
18And 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.
19And Isaac`s servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.
20And the herdsmen of Gerar strove with Isaac`s herdsmen, saying, The water is ours. And he called the name of the well Esek, because they contended with him.
21And they digged another well, and they strove for that also. And he called the name of it Sitnah.
22And he removed from thence, and digged another well. And for that they strove not. And he called the name of it Rehoboth. And he said, For now Jehovah hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And Isaac’s servants digged in the valley, etc.] In the valley of Gerar, as the Septuagint version expresses it: and found there a well of springing water; or “living water” f1426, 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, (<430410>John 4:10,11 7:38).”
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