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NASB | Genesis 26:19 But when Isaac's servants dug in the valley and found there a well of flowing water, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 26:19 But when Isaac's servants dug in the valley and found there a well of flowing [spring] water, |
Bible Question: In this passage the herdmen of Gerar keep stirving with Isaac everytime he digs a well claiming it is theirs. What lesson or message do you think God is trying to teach us in this? |
Bible Answer: Basicly, there is opposition by others to whatever you do. Matthew Henry' Concise commentary says .. 18-25 Isaac met with much opposition in digging wells. Two were called Contention and Hatred. See the nature of worldly things; they make quarrels, and are occasions of strife; and what is often the lot of the most quiet and peaceable; those who avoid striving, yet cannot avoid being striven with. And what a mercy it is to have plenty of water; to have it without striving for it! The more common this mercy is, the more reason to be thankful for it. At length Isaac digged a well, for which they strove not. Those that study to be quiet, seldom fail of being so. When men are false and unkind, still God is faithful and gracious; and his time to show himself so is, when we are most disappointed by men. The same night that Isaac came weary and uneasy to Beer-sheba, God brought comforts to his soul. Those may remove with comfort who are sure of God's presence |
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