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What the Fathers say

Genesis 26:19

Western Saints

Ambrose of Milan

For Abraham dug wells and Isaac too—that is, the mighty patriarchs—and Jacob also, as we find in the Gospel, as if they were fountains of the human race, and specifically fountains of faith and devotion. For what is a well of living water but a depth of profound instruction? On this account Hagar saw the angel by a well and Jacob found his wife Rachel by a well; Moses too earned the first rewards of his future marriage beside a well. …

On Isaac and the Soul, Chapter 4, Sections 21-22 ↗

Jerome

And the servants of Isaac dug in the valley of Gerar and found there a well of living water. And for this valley, a stream was written; for never is a well of living water found in the valley.

Hebrew Questions on Genesis ↗