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Genesis 26:19

Isaac

17 So Isaac left that place and encamped in the Valley of Gerar and settled there.

18 Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the days of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died. And he gave these wells the same names his father had given them.

Then Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found a well of fresh water there.

20 But the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen and said, “The water is ours!” So he named the well Esek, because they contended with him.

21 Then they dug another well and quarreled over that one also; so he named it Sitnah.

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BSB
Then Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found a well of fresh water there.
KJV
And Isaac’s servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.
WEB
Isaac’s servants dug in the valley, and found there a well of flowing water.
ASV
And Isaac`s servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.
DARBY
And Isaac's servants dug in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.
BLB
And Isaac’s servants dug in the valley, and they found there a well of living water.
ÅB
Og Isaks tjenere gravde i dalen og fant der en brønn med rinnende vann.
OTB
Isaks tjenere gravde i dalen og fant en kilde med friskt vann.
B1930
Og Isaks tjenere gravde i dalen og fant der en brønn med rinnende vann.

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