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Now Isaac sowed in that land and reaped in the same year a hundred times as much. And the LORD blessed him,

Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the Lord blessed him.

and the man became rich, and continued to grow richer until he became very wealthy;

And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:

for he had possessions of flocks and herds, and a great household, so that the Philistines envied him.

For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.

Now all the wells which his father's servants had dug in the days of his father Abraham, the Philistines stopped up by filling them with dirt.

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.

Then Abimelech said to Isaac, "Go away from us, for you are too powerful for us."

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

So Isaac departed from there and camped in the Valley of Gerar, and settled there.

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

Then Isaac dug again the wells of water which had been dug in the days of his father Abraham, for the Philistines had stopped them up after the death of Abraham; and he gave them the same names which his father had given them.

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.

But when Isaac's servants dug in the valley and found there a well of flowing water,

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

the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with the herdsmen of Isaac, saying, "The water is ours!" So he named the well Esek, because they argued with him.

And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him.

Then they dug another well, and they quarreled over it too, so he named it Sitnah.

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

Then he moved away from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it; so he named it Rehoboth, for he said, "At last the LORD has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land."

And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the Lord hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.

And he went up from there to Beersheba.

And he went up from thence to Beersheba.

And the LORD appeared to him the same night and said, "I am the God of your father Abraham; Do not fear, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants, For the sake of My servant Abraham."

And the Lord appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake.

So he built an altar there and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there; and there Isaac's servants dug a well.

And 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.