16 And Abimelech said to Isaac, “Leave us, for you are much too powerful for us.”[a]

17 So Isaac left there, camped in the Valley of Gerar, and lived there. 18 Isaac reopened the water wells that had been dug in the days of his father Abraham and that the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died. He gave them the same names his father had given them.

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  1. Genesis 26:16 Or are more numerous than we are

16 Then Abimelek said to Isaac, “Move away from us;(A) you have become too powerful for us.(B)

17 So Isaac moved away from there and encamped in the Valley of Gerar,(C) where he settled. 18 Isaac reopened the wells(D) that had been dug in the time of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died, and he gave them the same names his father had given them.

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