Good News Translation w/ Apocrypha GNTA
New International Version NIV
15 So they filled in all the wells which the servants of his father Abraham had dug while Abraham was alive.
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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 Then Abimelech said to Isaac, "Leave our country. You have 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 left and set up his camp in Gerar Valley, where he stayed for some time.
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So Isaac moved away from there and encamped in the Valley of Gerar, where he settled.
18 He dug once again the wells which had been dug during the time of Abraham and which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham's death. Isaac gave the wells 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 a well in the valley and found water.
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Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and discovered a well of fresh water there.
20 The shepherds of Gerar quarreled with Isaac's shepherds and said, "This water belongs to us." So Isaac named the well "Quarrel."
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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 Isaac's servants dug another well, and there was a quarrel about that one also, so he named it "Enmity."
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Then they dug another well, but they quarreled over that one also; so he named it Sitnah.
22 He moved away from there and dug another well. There was no dispute about this one, so he named it "Freedom." He said, "Now the Lord has given us freedom to live in the land, and we will be prosperous here."
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He moved on from there and dug another well, and no one quarreled over it. He named it Rehoboth, saying, “Now the LORD has given us room and we will flourish in the land.”
23 Isaac left and went to Beersheba.
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From there he went up to Beersheba.
24 That night the Lord appeared to him and said, "I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid; I am with you. I will bless you and give you many descendants because of my promise to my servant Abraham."
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That night the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bless you and will increase the number of your descendants for the sake of my servant Abraham.”
25 Isaac built an altar there and worshiped the Lord. Then he set up his camp there, and his servants dug another well.
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Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the LORD. There he pitched his tent, and there his servants dug a well.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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