Isaac’s Wells

Question

Shalom,

Did Isaac try to reopen his father, Abraham’s wells in Gerar, before digging a new well himself due to the herdsmen causing strife with him over the wells? And if so, was this G-d;s will for Isaac not to depend upon his fathers wells? But to realize G-d’s blessing for him?

 

 

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Answers

  1. In Genesis 26:18 the verse states, “And Isaac dug anew the wells of water which 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 by the same names that his father had called them.”

    The commentaries point out that Isaac did as he did as a sign of respect for his father.

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