Genesis 26:18 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGenesis 26:18 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיָּ֨שָׁב
shûwb
H7725
to return
יִצְחָ֜ק
Yitschâq
H3327
Isaac
וַיַּחְפֹּ֣ר
châphar
H2658
to dig
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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בְּאֵרֹ֣ת
bᵉʼêr
H875
well
הַמַּ֗יִם
mayim
H4325
water
אֲשֶׁ֤ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
חָֽפְרוּ֙
châphar
H2658
to dig
בִּימֵי֙
yôwm
H3117
day
אַבְרָהָ֣ם
ʼAbrâhâm
H85
Abraham
אָבִ֔יו
ʼâb
H1
father
וַיְסַתְּמ֣וּם
çâtham
H5640
to stop up
פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים
Pᵉlishtîy
H6430
Philistine
אַחֲרֵ֖י
ʼachar
H310
after
מ֣וֹת
mâveth
H4194
death
אַבְרָהָ֑ם
ʼAbrâhâm
H85
Abraham
וַיִּקְרָ֤א
qârâʼ
H7121
to call
לָהֶן֙
שֵׁמ֔וֹת
shêm
H8034
name
כַּשֵּׁמֹ֕ת
shêm
H8034
name
אֲשֶׁר
ʼăsher
H834
which
קָרָ֥א
qârâʼ
H7121
to call
לָהֶ֖ן
אָבִֽיו
ʼâb
H1
father
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World English Bible Public Domain
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.
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Then Isaac returned and dug out the water wells that they had dug in the days of Abraham his father and the Philistines had stopped up after the death of Abraham, and he called them names like the names that his father had called them.
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