9 occurrences

'Dug' in the Bible

He said, “You shall take these seven ewe lambs from my hand so that it may be a witness to 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 earth.

Verse ConceptsExcavationStopping WellsTimes Of People

Then Isaac dug again the wells of water which had been dug in the days of his father Abraham, for the Philistines had stopped them up after the death of Abraham; and he gave them the same names which 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 water,

Verse ConceptsExcavation

Then they dug another well, and they quarreled over it too, so he named it Sitnah.

Verse ConceptsExcavationPeople OpposedPeople Naming Things

He moved away from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it; so he named it Rehoboth, for he said, “At last the Lord has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.”

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

So he built an altar there and called upon the name of the Lord, and pitched his tent there; and there Isaac’s servants dug a well.

Verse ConceptsAltarsCalling upon GodNomadsTentsAltars, Built ByBuilding AltarsExcavation

Now it came about on the same day, that Isaac’s servants came in and told him about the well which they had dug, and said to him, “We have found water.”

Verse ConceptsFinding ThingsTelling What People Did

‘My father made me swear, saying, “Behold, I am about to die; in my grave which I dug for myself in the land of Canaan, there you shall bury me.” Now therefore, please let me go up and bury my father; then I will return.’”

Verse ConceptsNearness Of DeathDeath Will Soon HappenThe Cave Of Machpelah

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