Rehoboth means “broad places,” or simply room. It is the name Isaac gave a well in Genesis 26:22, after two other wells had been fought over, and he explained it himself: “For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.” The Hebrew word comes from a root meaning to be wide. So the name is a sentence of thanks dug into the ground. Isaac had been told “Go from us” (Genesis 26:16)…

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