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.