Genesis 26:19

19 Isaac's servants dug a well in the valley, from which a spring of water flowed.

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 So Isaac left that place and camped in the Valley of Gerar and lived there.

18 Long before this time Abraham had dug many wells, but after he died, the Philistines filled them with dirt. So Isaac dug those wells again and gave them the same names his father had given them.

19 Isaac's servants dug a well in the valley, from which a spring of water flowed.

20 But the herdsmen of Gerar argued with them and said, "This water is ours." So Isaac named that well Argue because they argued with him.

21 Then his servants dug another well. When the people also argued about it, Isaac named that well Fight.