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And Isaac digged againe the wels of water, which they had digged in the dayes of Abraham his father: for the Philistims had stopped them after the death of Abraham, and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.

And the heardmen of Gerar did striue with Isaacs heardmen, saying, The water is ours; and hee called the name of the well, Esek, because they stroue with him.

1611 marginal noteThat is, Contention.

And they digged another well, and stroue for that also: and hee called the name of it, Sitnah.

1611 marginal noteThat is, Hatred.

And he remoued from thence, and digged another well, and for that they stroue not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth: and he said, For now the LORD hath made roome for vs, and we shall be fruitfull in the land.

1611 marginal noteThat is, roome.

And he builded an altar there, and called vpon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaacs seruants digged a well.

And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the citie is Beer-sheba vnto this day.

1611 marginal noteThat is, an oath.

1611 marginal noteThat is, the well of the oath.

¶ And it came to passe that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dimme, so that he could not see, hee called Esau his eldest son, and said vnto him, My sonne. And hee said vnto him, Behold, here am I.

And these words of Esau her elder sonne were told to Rebekah: And shee sent and called Iacob her yonger sonne, and said vnto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doeth comfort himselfe, purposing to kill thee.

¶ And Isaac called Iacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and saide vnto him, Thou shalt not take a wife, of the daughters of Canaan.

And hee called the name of that place Beth-el: but the name of that citie was called Luz, at the first.

1611 marginal noteThat is, the house of God.