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Genesis 26:17

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And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.

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  1. Genesis 26:15

    For all the wells which his father’s servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.

  2. Genesis 26:16

    And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.

  3. Genesis 26:18

    And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.

  4. Genesis 26:19

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

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