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Selected Verse: Genesis 26:18 - Strong Concordance

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Ge 26:18 Strong Concordance And Isaac [03327] digged [02658] again [07725] the wells [0875] of water [04325], which they had digged [02658] in the days [03117] of Abraham [085] his father [01]; for the Philistines [06430] had stopped [05640] them after [0310] the death [04194] of Abraham [085]: and he called [07121] their names [08034] after the names [08034] by which [0834] his father [01] had called [07121] them.
  King James 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.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Isaac digged again the wells of water--The naming of wells by Abraham, and the hereditary right of his family to the property, the change of the names by the Philistines to obliterate the traces of their origin, the restoration of the names by Isaac, and the contests between the respective shepherds to the exclusive possession of the water, are circumstances that occur among the natives in those regions as frequently in the present day as in the time of Isaac.
 
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32 And Leah [03812] conceived [02029], and bare [03205] a son [01121], and she called [07121] his name [08034] Reuben [07205]: for [03588] she said [0559], Surely [03588] the LORD [03068] hath looked [07200] upon my affliction [06040]; now therefore [03588] my husband [0376] will love [0157] me.