Genesis 26:17
15 For all the wells which his father’s servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.
16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.
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.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So Isaac left that place and encamped in the Valley of Gerar and settled there.
- KJV
- And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
- WEB
- Isaac departed from there, encamped in the valley of Gerar, and lived there.
- ASV
- And Isaac departed thence, and encamped in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
- DARBY
- And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his camp in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
- BLB
- And Isaac departed from there and camped in the Valley of Gerar, and he dwelt there.
- ÅB
- Så dro Isak derfra og slo leir i Gerar-dalen og ble boende der.
- OTB
- Så dro Isak bort derfra og slo leir i Gerar-dalen, hvor han bosatte seg.
- B1930
- Så drog Isak derfra og slo leir i Gerar-dalen og blev boende der.