Genesis 26:18 (WEB)
Isaac dug again the wells of water, which they had dug in the days of Abraham his father, for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham. He called their names after the names by which his father had called them.
Fathers and councils · 2
John Chrysostom
“Should I speak of Isaac, what fearful things he underwent, driven from every place, and laboring in vain, and toiling for others?” — editor's note: The common texts substitute Jacob for Isaac here, omitting the following clause where Jacob is mentioned (as they also in the preceding sentence have…
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Jerome
“It is Abraham and Isaac who dig wells, the Philistines who try to prevent them.” — editor's note: Gen. xxvi. 15, 18.
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