KJV King James Version
And Isaac’s servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.
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Genesis 26:19
And Isaac’s servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found a well of fresh water there.
WEB World English Bible
Isaac’s servants dug in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.
ASV American Standard Version
And Isaac’s servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Isaac’s servants dig in the valley, and find there a well of living water,
Surrounding context — Genesis 26
16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.
17 And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
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.
19 And Isaac’s servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.
20 And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac’s herdmen, saying, The water [is] ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him.
21 And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.
22 And 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 the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.
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John 4:10-11Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.John 7:38He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.Song of Solomon 4:15A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.
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