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Gen 26:22 (KJV) — And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.

Gen 26:22 (NASB) — 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."

Phrase from KJV (Help)		Correlating Verses

digged	The wells in Arabia are generally dug in the rock: their mouths are about six feet in diameter, and they are from nineteen to twenty feet in depth. But Niebuhr informs us, that many wells are from 160 to 170 feet deep.
Rehoboth	i.e., Room.
the LORD	Psa 4:1; Psa 18:19; Psa 118:5
be fruitful	Gen 17:6; Gen 28:3; Gen 41:52; Exd 1:7