Holy Scripture

Genesis 26:20

Source: Septuagint

Original

20And the shepherds of Gerar strove with the shepherds of Isaac, saying that the water was theirs; and they called the name of the well, Injury, for they injured him.

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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.

— Genesis 26:20 —

21And having departed thence he dug another well, and they strove also for that; and he named the name of it, Enmity.

22And he departed thence and dug another well; and they did not strive about that; and he named the name of it, Room, saying, Because now the Lord has made room for us, and has increased us upon the earth.

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