Genesis 26:32

What does Genesis 26:32 mean?

A plain-English look at Genesis 26:32 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac’s servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac’s servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac’s servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And that day Isaac's servants came to him and gave him word of the water-hole which they had made, and said to him, We have come to water.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And it cometh to pass during that day that Isaac's servants come and declare to him concerning the circumstances of the well which they have digged, and say to him, `We have found water;'

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And behold, the same day the servants of Isaac came, telling him of a well which they had digged, and saying: We have found water.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well that they had dug, and said to him, We have found water.

Context

v.31And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.

v.32This passage

v.33And he called it Shibah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Proverbs 2:4

    If thou seek her as silver, And search for her as for hid treasures:

  • Matthew 7:7

    Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

  • Proverbs 13:4

    The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

  • Genesis 26:25

    And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of Jehovah, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac’s servants digged a well.

  • Proverbs 10:4

    He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

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