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Isaac’s Prosperity

Genesis 26:19

In 11 translations

BSB
Then Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found a well of fresh water there.Or flowing water or living water
KJV
And Isaac’s servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.springing: Heb. living
WEB
Isaac’s servants dug in the valley, and found there a well of flowing water.Or, living. Or, fresh.
ASV
And Isaac’s servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.
LSV
And Isaac’s servants dig in the valley, and find there a well of living water,
YLT
And Isaac's servants dig in the valley, and find there a well of living water,
DBY
And Isaac's servants dug in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.
DRC
And they digged in the torrent, and found living water.
GNV
Izhaks seruantes then digged in the valley, and found there a well of liuing water.
JPS
And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of living water.
LXXE
And the servants of Isaac dug in the valley of Gerara, and they found there a well of living water.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וַיַּחְפְּר֥וּ עַבְדֵֽי־יִצְחָ֖ק בַּנָּ֑חַל וַיִּ֨מְצְאוּ־שָׁ֔ם בְּאֵ֖ר מַ֥יִם חַיִּֽים׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ὤρυξαν οἱ παῖδες Ἰσαὰκ ἐν τῇ φάραγγι Γεράρων· καὶ εὗρον ἐκεῖ φρέαρ ὕδατος ζῶντος.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • John 4:10–11Jesus 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.” “Sir,” the woman replied, “You have nothing to draw with and the well…
  • John 7:38Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’”
  • Song of Songs 4:15You are a garden spring, a well of fresh water flowing down from Lebanon.

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