Genesis 26:18
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.
KJV
rursum fodit alios puteos, quos foderant servi patris sui Abraham, et quos, illo mortuo, olim obstruxerant Philisthiim : appellavitque eos eisdem nominibus quibus ante pater vocaverat.
Vulgate
καὶ πάλιν Ἰσαὰκ ὤρυξεν τὰ φρέατα τοῦ ὕδατος ἃ ὤρυξαν οἱ παῖδες Ἀβραὰμ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐνέφραξαν αὐτὰ οἱ Φυλιστιεὶμ μετὰ τὸ ἀποθανεῖν Ἀβραὰμ τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἐπωνόμασεν αὐτοῖς ὀνόματα κατὰ τὰ ὀνόματα ἃ ὠνόμασεν Ἀβραὰμ ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ.
LXX
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.
ASV
וַ/יָּ֨שָׁב יִצְחָ֜ק וַ/יַּחְפֹּ֣ר אֶת בְּאֵרֹ֣ת הַ/מַּ֗יִם אֲשֶׁ֤ר חָֽפְרוּ֙ בִּ/ימֵי֙ אַבְרָהָ֣ם אָבִ֔י/ו וַ/יְסַתְּמ֣וּ/ם פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים אַחֲרֵ֖י מ֣וֹת אַבְרָהָ֑ם וַ/יִּקְרָ֤א לָ/הֶן֙ שֵׁמ֔וֹת כַּ/שֵּׁמֹ֕ת אֲשֶׁר קָרָ֥א לָ/הֶ֖ן אָבִֽי/ו
Hebrew
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16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
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Cross-references
- 2Chr 26:10 — Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for h
- Zech 13:2 — And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and