Gen 21:25, 26:15-22 | TSK | STEP | reproved. because.Wells of water were of great consequence in those hot countries, especially where the flocks were numerous; because water was scarce, and digging to find it was attended with the expense of much time and labour. servants.

Genesis 21:25

reproved.

26:15-22; 29:8; Ex 2:15-17; Jud 1:15; Pr 17:10; 25:9; 27:5; Mt 18:15

because.Wells of water were of great consequence in those hot countries, especially where the flocks were numerous; because water was scarce, and digging to find it was attended with the expense of much time and labour.

servants.

13:7; 26:15-22; Ex 2:16,17

Genesis 26:15-22

his father's.

21:30

had stopped.In those countries, a well of water was a great acquisition; and hence, this mode of injuring new settlers, or revenging themselves on their enemies, is still resorted to among the inhabitants.

Go.Dr. A. Clarke observes, that this is the first instance on record of what was termed among the Greeks, ostracism, i.e., the banishment of person from the state, of whose power, influence, or riches, the people were jealous.

mightier.

Ex 1:9

in the days.Houbigant contends, that instead of {bimey,} "in the days," we should read, {avdey,} "servants;" agreeably to the Samaritan, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate: "And Isaac digged again the wells of water which the servants of Abraham his father had digged."

and he.

21:31; Nu 32:38; Ps 16:4; Ho 2:17; Zec 13:2

springing water. Heb. living.

So 4:15; Joh 4:10,11; 7:38

did strive.

21:25

Esek. i.e., Contention.

Sitnah. i.e., Hatred.

Ezr 4:6

digged.The wells in Arabia are generally dug in the rock: their mouths are about six feet in diameter, and they are from nineteen to twenty feet in depth. But Niebuhr informs us, that many wells are from 160 to 170 feet deep.

Rehoboth. i.e., Room. the Lord.

Ps 4:1; 18:19; 118:5

be fruitful.

17:6; 28:3; 41:52; Ex 1:7