And Isaac’s servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.
19. springing ] Heb. living. A well ( be’r) might contain either the water that came from a spring, as here; or water that was stored from rainfall. The word rendered “springing” appears as “running” in Lev 14:5 and as “living” in Jer 2:13; cf. Zec 14:8; Joh 4:10.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 19. A well of springing water.] beer mayim chaiyim, A well of living waters. This is the oriental phrase for a spring, and this is its meaning both in the Old and New Testaments: Le 14:5, Le 14:50; Le 15:30; Nu 19:17; Son 4:15. See also Joh 4:10-14; Joh 7:38; Re 21:6; Re 22:1. And by these scriptures we find that an unfailing spring was an emblem of the graces and influences of the Spirit of God.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
And Isaac’s servants digged in the valley,…. In the valley of Gerar, as the Septuagint version expresses it:
and found there a well of springing water; or “living water” l, which continually flows, as Aben Ezra rightly interprets it: hence this phrase is used of the perpetual and ever living graces of the Spirit of God, Joh 4:10.
l “aquarum viventium”, Pagninus, Montanus, Drusius.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Gen 26:19. Springing water In the Hebrew, living, an expression for spring or fountain water, when applied to water in the Old or New Testament; which is opposed to the cisterns of rain-water, often used by the Arabians. See Jer 2:13.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Living Waters Son 4:15
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Gen 26:19 And Isaac’s servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.
Ver. 19. A well of springing water. ] Heb., Living; so called for their continual motion. Life consisteth in action: and the godly esteem of life, by that stirring they find in their souls. “O Lord,” saith Hezekiah, “by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit”. Isa 38:16 And thus, many a man lives more in a shorter, than others in a longer time. St Jerome tells of one, qui in brevi vitae spatio tempora virtutum multa replevit. a As Seneca of another, qui non diu vixit, sed diu fuit: Non multum navigavit, sed multum iactatus est. Oh, live, live, live, saith a reverend man, b quickly, much, long: else you are but hissed and kicked off this stage of the world, as Phocas was by Heraclius; nay, as many Job 27:23 ; Job 27:15 who were buried before half dead.
a Jerom. Epist. ad Fri.
b Abner’s Fun., by M. Harris.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
well. Hebrew. ‘ayin. See note on Gen 21:19.
springing. Hebrew living. See note on Gen 21:19.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
springing water: Heb. living, Son 4:15, Joh 4:10, Joh 4:11, Joh 7:38
Reciprocal: Num 19:17 – running water shall be put thereto