7 occurrences

'Dug' in the Bible

Abraham said, “You are to accept these seven ewe lambs from me as a witness for me, that I dug this well.”

Verse ConceptsAnimals, Types OfExcavationThings As Witnesses

Now all the wells which his father’s servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines stopped up by filling them with dirt.

Verse ConceptsExcavationStopping WellsTimes Of People

Now Isaac again dug [and reopened] the wells of water which had been dug in the days of Abraham his father, because the Philistines had filled them up [with dirt] after the death of Abraham; and he gave the wells the same names that his father had given them.

Verse ConceptsStopping WellsPeople Naming ThingsTimes Of People

But when Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found there a well of flowing [spring] water,

Verse ConceptsExcavation

Then his servants dug another well, and they quarreled over that also, so Isaac named it Sitnah (enmity).

Verse ConceptsExcavationPeople OpposedPeople Naming Things

He moved away from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over that one; so he named it Rehoboth (broad places), saying, “For now the Lord has made room for us, and we shall be prosperous in the land.”

Verse ConceptsAbundance, MaterialExcavationPotential Of FruitSpacious PlacePeople Naming ThingsFreedomMoving To A New Placespacefruitfulnessland

Now on the same day, Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug, saying, “We have found water.”

Verse ConceptsFinding ThingsTelling What People Did

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