Genesis 26:12-22

12 seruit autem Isaac in terra illa et invenit in ipso anno centuplum benedixitque ei Dominus

13 et locupletatus est homo et ibat proficiens atque succrescens donec magnus vehementer effectus est

14 habuit quoque possessionem ovium et armentorum et familiae plurimum ob haec invidentes ei Palestini

15 omnes puteos quos foderant servi patris illius Abraham illo tempore obstruxerunt implentes humo

16 in tantum ut ipse Abimelech diceret ad Isaac recede a nobis quoniam potentior nostri factus es valde

17 et ille discedens veniret ad torrentem Gerarae habitaretque ibi

18 rursum fodit alios puteos quos foderant servi patris sui Abraham et quos illo mortuo olim obstruxerant Philisthim appellavitque eos hisdem nominibus quibus ante pater vocaverat

19 foderunt in torrente et reppererunt aquam vivam

20 sed et ibi iurgium fuit pastorum Gerarae adversum pastores Isaac dicentium nostra est aqua quam ob rem nomen putei ex eo quod acciderat vocavit Calumniam

21 foderunt et alium et pro illo quoque rixati sunt appellavitque eum Inimicitias

22 profectus inde fodit alium puteum pro quo non contenderunt itaque vocavit nomen illius Latitudo dicens nunc dilatavit nos Dominus et fecit crescere super terram

Genesis 26:12-22 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 26

This chapter treats of Isaac's removal to Gerar, occasioned by a famine, Ge 26:1; of the Lord's appearance to him there, advising him to sojourn in that place, and not go down to Egypt; renewing the covenant he had made with Abraham, concerning giving that country to him and his seed, Ge 26:2-6; of what happened unto him at Gerar on account of his wife, Ge 26:7-11; of Isaac's great prosperity and success, which drew the envy of the Philistines upon him, Ge 26:12-15; of his departure from hence to the valley of Gerar, at the instance of Abimelech; and of the contentions between his herdsmen, and those of Gerar, about wells of water, which caused him to remove to Beersheba, Ge 26:16-23; of the Lord's appearance to him there, renewing the above promise to him, where he built an altar, pitched his tent, and his servants dug a well, Ge 26:24,25; of Abimelech's coming to him thither, and making a covenant with him, Ge 26:26-31; which place had its name from the oath then made, and the well there dug, Ge 26:32,33; and lastly, of the marriage of Esau, which was a great grief to Isaac and Rebekah, Ge 26:34,35.