Holy Scripture
Genesis 26:17
A church father on this verse
“(Verse 17.) And Isaac departed from there and came to the valley of Gerar, and he dwelt there. The valley has a stream in Hebrew. For Isaac could not dwell in the valley after he became great. However, he dwelt by the stream, of which it is written: He shall drink from the brook by the way (Psalm 110:7). Also, during…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
17And Isaac departed thence, and rested in the Valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
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15And all the wells which the servants of his father had dug in the time of his father, the Philistines stopped them, and filled them with earth.
16And Abimelech said to Isaac, Depart from us, for thou art become much mightier than we.
— Genesis 26:17 —
18And Isaac dug again the wells of water, which the servants of his father Abraham had dug, and the Philistines had stopped them, after the death of his father Abraham; and he gave them names, according to the names by which his father named them.
19And the servants of Isaac dug in the Valley of Gerar, and they found there a well of living water.