unfoldingWord_en_tn/gen/26/18.md

# Isaac dug out

Here "Isaac" stands for Isaac and his servants. AT: "Isaac and his servants dug out" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])

# which they had dug

"which Abraham's servants had dug"

# in the days of Abraham his father

"during his father Abraham's lifetime" or "when Abraham, his father, was living"

# The Philistines had stopped them up

This was the reason that Isaac dug them out. Possible ways to translate this are: 1) Since this happened first, this sentence can come before the sentence about Isaac digging them out, as in the UDB. or 2) This sentence can start with "Isaac did this because the Philistines had stopped them up." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-events]])

# had stopped them up

"had filled them with earth"

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/well]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/abraham]]
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# Isaac dug out`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Here "Isaac" stands for Isaac and his servants. AT: "Isaac and his servants dug out" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# which they had dug`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`"which Abraham's servants had dug"`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# in the days of Abraham his father`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`"during his father Abraham's lifetime" or "when Abraham, his father, was living"`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# The Philistines had stopped them up`

			`This was the reason that Isaac dug them out. Possible ways to translate this are: 1) Since this happened first, this sentence can come before the sentence about Isaac digging them out, as in the UDB. or 2) This sentence can start with "Isaac did this because the Philistines had stopped them up." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-events]])`

			`# had stopped them up`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`"had filled them with earth"`

			`# translationWords`

			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/well]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/abraham]]`