Genesis 26:22

OLD TESTAMENTNEW TESTAMENT

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

Verse 21 Read Chapter 26 Verse 23

Ambrose of Milan

AD 397

Now Isaac reopened many wells that his father had dug, but strangers had filled them after the death of his father Abraham. Beyond the others he dug the following wells: one in the valley of Gerar, and he found there a well of living water; and the shepherds of Gerar disputed with Isaac’s shepherds, because they claimed the water of this well as their own, and he called its name “Injustice.” And he dug another well over which a quarrel arose, and he called it “Enmity.” And he dug a third well, over which no dispute began among the shepherds, and he called it “Room Enough.” He also dug a well and did not find water in it and called that well “Well of the Oath.” Would anyone reading of these things consider that those works were earthly rather than spiritual? Isaac, or the Soul

1 min1/2

Go to Commentary

George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

Latitude. That is, wideness, or room. (Challoner) Hebrew Rechoboth, widely extended streams, latitudines. See chap. x. 11.

< 1 min2/2

Go to Commentary

About Privacy Policy Donate

Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation - 2 Peter 1:20