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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Tanach: 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.
Genesis 26: 19 And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of living water.
Genesis 26: 20 And the herdmen of Gerar strove with Isaac's herdmen, saying: 'The water is ours.' And he called the name of the well Esek; because they contended with him.
Genesis 26: 21 And they digged another well, and they strove for that also. And he called the name of it Sitnah.
Genesis 26: 22 And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not. And he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said: 'For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.'
Genesis 26: 23 And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba.
Genesis 26: 24 And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said: 'I am the God of Abraham thy father. Fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for My servant Abraham's sake.'
Genesis 26: 25 And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there; and there Isaac's servants digged a well.
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