Discovery BoxGenesis 26:15 
Context26:15 So the Philistines took dirt and filled up 1 all the wells that his father’s servants had dug back in the days of his father Abraham.
Genesis 26:18
Context26:18 Isaac reopened 2 the wells that had been dug 3 back in the days of his father Abraham, for the Philistines had stopped them up 4 after Abraham died. Isaac 5 gave these wells 6 the same names his father had given them. 7
1 tn Heb “and the Philistines stopped them up and filled them with dirt.”
2 tn Heb “he returned and dug,” meaning “he dug again” or “he reopened.”
3 tn Heb “that they dug.” Since the subject is indefinite, the verb is translated as passive.
4 tn Heb “and the Philistines had stopped them up.” This clause explains why Isaac had to reopen them.
5 tn Heb “and he”; the referent (Isaac) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
6 tn Heb “them”; the referent (the wells) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
7 tn Heb “called names to them according to the names that his father called them.”
