Study it in the app“Isaac again dug the wells of water that they had dug in the days of Abraham his father, which the Philistines had stopped up after the death of Abraham; and he called them by names like the names by which his father had called them.”
Isaacיִצְחָקagainוַיָּשָׁבdugוַיַּחְפֹּרthe wellsאֶת בְּאֵרֹתof waterהַמַּיִםthatאֲשֶׁרthey had dugחָפְרוּin the daysבִּימֵיof Abrahamאַבְרָהָםhis father,אָבִיוwhich the Philistinesוַ פְּלִשְׁתִּיםhad stopped upיְסַתְּמוּםafterאַחֲרֵיthe deathמוֹתof Abraham;אַבְרָהָםand he called themוַיִּקְרָא לָהֶןby namesשֵׁמוֹתlike the namesכַּשֵּׁמֹתby whichאֲשֶׁרhis fatherאָבִיוhad called them.קָרָא לָהֶן
Isaac
Isaac, the son promised to Abraham and Sarah, father of Esau and Jacob. His name means "he laughs" (Genesis 17:17, 19; 21:6).
Where else “yitschak” appearsagain
To do something one more time.
Where else “yashav” appearsdig
To make a well or a pit in the ground.
Where else “yachpor” appearswell
A deep hole dug in the ground to draw water.
Where else “beerot” appearswater
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appearstime
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yme” appearsAbraham
Abraham, the name God gave to Abram; it sounds like "father of a multitude" (Genesis 17:5). The father of the people of Israel, to whom God promised the land and blessing for all the families of the earth.
Where else “avraham” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appearsPhilistines
Philistines: a people that settled on the south-west coast of Canaan and was Israel's enemy in the days of the judges and of David.
Where else “pelishtim” appearsstop up
To plug wells or breaches.
Where else “yesatmu” appearsdeath
The end of life: when someone stops breathing and returns to dust.
Where else “mot” appearsname
To give someone a name.
Where else “yikra” appearsname
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shemot” appears17Isaac went away from there and camped in the valley of Gerar and lived there.
18 · This verse (above)
19Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found there a well of living water.
1. What it says
What did YHWH promise Isaac, and what happened with the wells he dug (vv. 2-5, 18-22)?
2. What it means
What did Isaac say when he named the well Rehoboth, the one they did not quarrel over, and what does that show about his attitude (vv. 20-22)?
3. How I live it
How can you respond with peace the next time someone disputes something that is yours?
