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11 So Abimelech ordered his people, "Anyone who touches this man or his wife will be put to death."
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So Abimelek gave orders to all the people: “Anyone who harms this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.”
12 Isaac planted [crops] in that land. In that same year he harvested a hundred times as much as he had planted because the LORD had blessed him.
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Isaac planted crops in that land and the same year reaped a hundredfold, because the LORD blessed him.
13 He continued to be successful, becoming very rich.
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The man became rich, and his wealth continued to grow until he became very wealthy.
14 Because he owned so many flocks, herds, and servants, the Philistines became jealous of him.
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He had so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.
15 So the Philistines filled in all the wells that his father's servants had dug during his father Abraham's lifetime.
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So all the wells that his father’s servants had dug in the time of his father Abraham, the Philistines stopped up, filling them with earth.
16 Finally, Abimelech said to Isaac, "Go away from us! You've become more powerful than we are."
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Then Abimelek said to Isaac, “Move away from us; you have become too powerful for us.”
17 So Isaac moved away. He set up his tents in the Gerar Valley and lived there.
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So Isaac moved away from there and encamped in the Valley of Gerar, where he settled.
18 He dug out the wells that had been dug during his father Abraham's lifetime. The Philistines had filled them in after Abraham's death. He gave them the same names that his father had given them.
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Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the time of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died, and he gave them the same names his father had given them.
19 Isaac's servants dug in the valley and found a spring-fed well.
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Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and discovered a well of fresh water there.
20 The herders from Gerar quarreled with Isaac's herders, claiming, "This water is ours!" So Isaac named the well Esek [Argument], because they had argued with him.
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But the herders of Gerar quarreled with those of Isaac and said, “The water is ours!” So he named the well Esek, because they disputed with him.
21 Then they dug another well, and they quarreled over that one too. So Isaac named it Sitnah [Accusation].
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Then they dug another well, but they quarreled over that one also; so he named it Sitnah.
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