Commentary on Genesis John Calvin
JOHN CALVIN
16. And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.
16. Et dixit Abimelech ad Ishac, Abi a nobis: quia longe fortior es nobis.
17. And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
17. Abiit ergo inde Ishac, et mansit in valle Gerar, et habitavit ibi.
18. 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.
18. Postquam reversus est Ishac, fodit puteos aquae, quos foderant in diebus Abraham patris sui: quia obturaverant eos Pelisthim mortuo Abraham: et vocavit eos nominibus secundum nomina, quibus vocaverat eos pater suus.
19. And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.
19. Et foderunt servi Ishac in valle, et invenerunt ibi puteum aquae vivae.
20. 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.
20. Sed litigaverunt pastores Gerar cum pastoribus Ishac, dicendo, Nostra est aqua: et vocavit nomen putei Hesech, quia litigaverunt cum eo.
21. And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.
21. Et foderunt puteum alium, et litigaverunt etiam super eo: et vocavit nomen ejus Sitnah.
22. 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.
22. Et transtulit se inde, et fodit puteum alium, et non litigaverunt super eo: ideo vocavit nomen ejus Rehoboth: et dixit, Quia nunc dilatationem fecit Iehova nobis, et crevimus in terra.