Genesis 26:19 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 26:19

Then Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found a well of fresh water there.

BSB

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ASV

And Isaac’s servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.

KJV

And Isaac’s servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.

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Commentary

2 voices

Ambrose of Milan

On Isaac and the Soul, Chapter 4, Sections 21-22 (397)

For Abraham dug wells and Isaac too—that is, the mighty patriarchs—and Jacob also, as we find in the Gospel, as if they were fountains of the human race, and specifically fountains of faith and devotion. For what is a well of living water but a depth of profound instruction? On this account Hagar saw the angel by a well and Jacob found his wife Rachel by a well; Moses too earned the first rewards of his future marriage beside a well.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

A well of springing water - באר מים חיים beer mayim chaiyim, A well of living waters. This is the oriental phrase for a spring, and this is its meaning both in the Old and New Testaments: Lev 14:5, Lev 14:50; Lev 15:30; Num 19:17; Son 4:15. See also Joh 4:10-14; Joh 7:38; Rev 21:6; Rev 22:1. And by these scriptures we find that an unfailing spring was an emblem of the graces and influences of the Spirit of God.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיַּחְפְּר֥וּ	vai.yach.pe.Ru	and they dug	H2658 →
עַבְדֵֽי־	'av.dei-	[the] servants of	H5650 →
יִצְחָ֖ק	yitz.Chak	Isaac	H3327 →
בַּנָּ֑חַל	ba.Na.chal	in the wadi	H5158 →
וַיִּ֨מְצְאוּ־	vai.Yim.tze.'u-	and they found	H4672 →
שָׁ֔ם	Sham	there	H8033 →
בְּאֵ֖ר	be.'Er	a well of	H875 →
מַ֥יִם	Ma.yim	water	H4325 →
חַיִּֽים׃	chai.Yim	living	H2416 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 7:38
Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’”
leads to
- John 4:14
  But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- John 4:10
  Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God and who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 44:3
  For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.
- Isaiah 58:11
  The LORD will always guide you; He will satisfy you in a sun-scorched land and strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.
- Isaiah 12:3
  With joy you will draw water from the springs of salvation,
Through
Song of Solomon 4:15
You are a garden spring, a well of fresh water flowing down from Lebanon.
leads to
- John 7:38
  Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’”
- Jeremiah 2:13
  “For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns—broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
- Psalms 36:8–9
  They feast on the abundance of Your house, and You give them drink from Your river of delights.

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Where the connections lead

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06About Genesis

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Genesis