Genesis 26:18

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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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Isaac	יִצְחָ֜ק yitz.Chak	H3327	Jitschak (or Isaac) · proper noun, a man's name
digged	וַיַּחְפֹּ֣ר vai.yach.Por	H2658	properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
again	וַיָּ֨שָׁב vai.Ya.shov	H7725	to turn back (hence · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
wells	בְּאֵרֹ֣ת be.'e.Rot	H875	a pit · noun, common feminine plural construct
water	הַמַּ֗יִם ha.Ma.yim	H4325	water · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
digged	חָֽפְרוּ֙ cha.fe.Ru	H2658	properly · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
days	בִּימֵי֙ bi.Mei	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
Abraham	אַבְרָהָ֣ם 'av.ra.Ham	H85	Abraham · proper noun, a man's name
father	אָבִ֔יו 'a.Viv	H1	father · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
Philistines	פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים pe.lish.Tim	H6430	a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth · noun, gentilic masculine plural absolute
stopped	וַיְסַתְּמ֣וּם vay.sa.te.Mum	H5640	to stop up · conjunction + verb, piel sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
after	אַחֲרֵ֖י 'a.cha.Rei	H310	properly · cardinal number, masculine plural construct
death	מ֣וֹת Mot	H4194	death (natural or violent) · noun, common masculine singular construct
Abraham	אַבְרָהָ֑ם 'av.ra.Ham	H85	Abraham · proper noun, a man's name
called	וַיִּקְרָ֤א vai.yik.Ra'	H7121	to call out to (i.e. properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
names	שֵׁמ֔וֹת she.Mot	H8034	an appellation · noun, common feminine plural absolute
names	כַּשֵּׁמֹ֕ת ka.she.Mot	H8034	an appellation · preposition with the article + noun, common feminine plural absolute
which	אֲשֶׁ֤ר 'a.Sher	H834	who · relative particle
father	אָבִֽיו 'a.Viv	H1	father · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
called	קָרָ֥א ka.Ra'	H7121	to call out to (i.e. properly · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Zechariah 13:2 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall n…
Genesis 21:31 Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.
Numbers 32:38 And Nebo, and Baal-meon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded.
Psalms 16:4 Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names in…
Hosea 2:17 For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 26:12-25

Here we have, I. The tokens of God's good-will to Isaac. He blessed him, and prospered him, and made all that he had to thrive under his hands. 1. His corn multiplied strangely, Gen 26:12. He had no land of his own, but took land of the Philistines, and sowed it; and (be it observed for the encouragement of poor tenants, that occupy other people's lands, and are honest and industrious) God blessed him with a great increase. He reaped a hundred fold; and there seems to be an emphasis laid upon the time: it was that same year when there was a famine in the land; while others scarcely reaped at all, he reaped thus plentifully. See Isa 65:13, My servants shall eat, but you shall be hungry, Psa 3…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 26:18

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.

Adam Clarke on Genesis 26:18

In the days of Abraham - Instead of בימי bimey, in the days, Houbigant contends we should read עבדי abdey, servants. Isaac dug again the wells which the servants of Abraham his father had dug. This reading is supported by the Samaritan, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate; and it is probably the true one.

John Gill on Genesis 26:18

And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father,.... This seems to refer to the same wells made mention of in Genesis 26:15, since it follows: for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham; these were what Abraham's servants had dug, when he lived at Gerar, and which the Philistines durst not stop during his life; but when he was dead and particularly out of envy to Isaac his son, whom they observed to prosper much, they stopped them up, that he might have no benefit by them; for otherwise they would scarcely have stopped them, if he had not been upon the spot, but would have made use of them themselves. The opening of the…

Dictionary and topics

Abimelech — My father a king, or father of a king, a common name of the Philistine kings, as “Pharaoh” was of the Egyptian kings. (1.) The Philistine king of Gerar in the time of Abraham (Gen. 20:1-18). By an…
Dishonesty · .Abimelech’s servants confis — .Abimelech’s servants confis
Gerar · 2. A valley — 2. A valley
Isaac · .His peaceableness — .His peaceableness
Patience · INSTANCES OF . — INSTANCES OF .
Property · .Rights in, violated — .Rights in, violated
Tents · Were pitched: In the neighbourhood of wells, &c — Were pitched: In the neighbourhood of wells, &c
Wells · .Between — .Between

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Genesis 26:18 — meaning, Hebrew and Greek word study, commentary

Genesis 26:18

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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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Isaac	יִצְחָ֜ק yitz.Chak	H3327	Jitschak (or Isaac) · proper noun, a man's name
digged	וַיַּחְפֹּ֣ר vai.yach.Por	H2658	properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
again	וַיָּ֨שָׁב vai.Ya.shov	H7725	to turn back (hence · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
wells	בְּאֵרֹ֣ת be.'e.Rot	H875	a pit · noun, common feminine plural construct
water	הַמַּ֗יִם ha.Ma.yim	H4325	water · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
digged	חָֽפְרוּ֙ cha.fe.Ru	H2658	properly · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
days	בִּימֵי֙ bi.Mei	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
Abraham	אַבְרָהָ֣ם 'av.ra.Ham	H85	Abraham · proper noun, a man's name
father	אָבִ֔יו 'a.Viv	H1	father · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
Philistines	פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים pe.lish.Tim	H6430	a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth · noun, gentilic masculine plural absolute
stopped	וַיְסַתְּמ֣וּם vay.sa.te.Mum	H5640	to stop up · conjunction + verb, piel sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
after	אַחֲרֵ֖י 'a.cha.Rei	H310	properly · cardinal number, masculine plural construct
death	מ֣וֹת Mot	H4194	death (natural or violent) · noun, common masculine singular construct
Abraham	אַבְרָהָ֑ם 'av.ra.Ham	H85	Abraham · proper noun, a man's name
called	וַיִּקְרָ֤א vai.yik.Ra'	H7121	to call out to (i.e. properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
names	שֵׁמ֔וֹת she.Mot	H8034	an appellation · noun, common feminine plural absolute
names	כַּשֵּׁמֹ֕ת ka.she.Mot	H8034	an appellation · preposition with the article + noun, common feminine plural absolute
which	אֲשֶׁ֤ר 'a.Sher	H834	who · relative particle
father	אָבִֽיו 'a.Viv	H1	father · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
called	קָרָ֥א ka.Ra'	H7121	to call out to (i.e. properly · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular

Cross-references

Zechariah 13:2 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall n…
Genesis 21:31 Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.
Numbers 32:38 And Nebo, and Baal-meon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded.
Psalms 16:4 Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names in…
Hosea 2:17 For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 26:12-25

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 26:18

Adam Clarke on Genesis 26:18

John Gill on Genesis 26:18

Dictionary and topics

Abimelech — My father a king, or father of a king, a common name of the Philistine kings, as “Pharaoh” was of the Egyptian kings. (1.) The Philistine king of Gerar in the time of Abraham (Gen. 20:1-18). By an…
Dishonesty · .Abimelech’s servants confis — .Abimelech’s servants confis
Gerar · 2. A valley — 2. A valley
Isaac · .His peaceableness — .His peaceableness
Patience · INSTANCES OF . — INSTANCES OF .
Property · .Rights in, violated — .Rights in, violated
Tents · Were pitched: In the neighbourhood of wells, &c — Were pitched: In the neighbourhood of wells, &c
Wells · .Between — .Between

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Genesis 26:18

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 26:12-25

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 26:18

Adam Clarke on Genesis 26:18

John Gill on Genesis 26:18

Dictionary and topics

Genesis 26:18

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 26:12-25

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 26:18

Adam Clarke on Genesis 26:18

John Gill on Genesis 26:18

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Genesis 26:18-22

Keil & Delitzsch on Genesis 26:18-22

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Genesis 26:17-22

Rashi on Genesis 26:10