SEV Biblia, Chapter 26:18
Y volvió a abrir Isaac los pozos de agua que habían abierto en los días de Abraham su padre, y que los filisteos habían cerrado, muerto Abraham; y los llamó por los nombres que su padre los había llamado.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Genesis 26:18
Verse 18. In the days of Abraham] Instead of ymyb bimey, in the days, Houbigant contends we should read ydb[ abdey, servants. Isaac digged again the wells which the servants of Abraham his father had digged. This reading is supported by the Samaritan, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate; and it is probably the true one.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 18-25 - Isaac met with much opposition in digging wells. Two were calle 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 avoi 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 an gracious; and his time to show himself so is, when we are mos 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.
Original Hebrew
וישׁב 7725 יצחק 3327 ויחפר 2658 את 853 בארת 875 המים 4325 אשׁר 834 חפרו 2658 בימי 3117 אברהם 85 אביו 1 ויסתמום 5640 פלשׁתים 6430 אחרי 310 מות 4194 אברהם 85 ויקרא 7121 להן שׁמות 8034 כשׁמת 8034 אשׁר 834 קרא 7121 להן אביו׃ 1
