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Genesis 26:32

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And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac’s servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water.
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  1. Proverbs 10:4Rank 1 from verse 32
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    4He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

  2. Genesis 26:25Rank 2 from verse 32
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    25And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the Lord, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac’s servants digged a well.

  3. Matthew 7:7Rank 3 from verse 32
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    7¶ Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

  4. Proverbs 13:4Rank 4 from verse 32
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    4The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

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    4If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;

    5Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.

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Genesis 26:32

COMBINED MEANING

pass

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To go by, through, over, or beyond; to happen, cease, or be transferred.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

day

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Sense 1: Light or the period of light between morning and evening, as distinguished from night. Sense 2: A complete daily cycle. Sense 3: A specified time, occasion, period, age, or season.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

told

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Past-tense or past-participial form of tell (to say, relate, inform, count, or make known).

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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water

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Sense 1: The common liquid necessary for life. Sense 2: As a verb, to supply with water, irrigate, or cause to drink.

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26:26¶ Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.

26:27And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?

26:28And they said, We saw certainly that the Lord was with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;

26:29That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of the Lord.

26:30And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.

26:31And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.

26:32And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac’s servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water.

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26:33And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.

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