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John Gill's Exposition on Genesis 26:19

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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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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