Genesis 26:19

19 Yitzchak's servants dug in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.

Genesis 26:19 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 26:19

And Isaac's servants digged in the valley
In the valley of Gerar, as the Septuagint version expresses it: and found there a well of springing water;
or "living water" ^F12, which continually flows, as Aben Ezra rightly interprets it: hence this phrase is used of the perpetual and ever living graces of the Spirit of God, ( John 4:10 John 4:11 ) ( 7:38 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 (Myyx Mym) "aquarum viventium", Pagninus, Montanus, Drusius.

Genesis 26:19 In-Context

17 Yitzchak departed from there, encamped in the valley of Gerar, and lived there.

18 Yitzchak dug again the wells of water, which they had dug in the days of Avraham his father. For the Pelishtim had stopped them after the death of Avraham. He called their names after the names by which his father had called them.

19 Yitzchak's servants dug in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.

20 The herdsmen of Gerar argued with Yitzchak's herdsmen, saying, "The water is ours." He called the name of the well `Esek, because they contended with him.

21 They dug another well, and they argued over that, also. He called the name of it Sitnah.