Genesis 26:20

Overview - Genesis 26
Isaac, because of famine, sojourns in Gerar, and the Lord instructs and blesses him.
He is reproved by Abimelech for denying his wife.
12 He grows rich, and the Philistines envy his prosperity.
18 He digs Esek, Sitnah, and Rehoboth.
23 God appears to him at Beer-sheba, and blesses him; and Abimelech makes a covenant with him.
34 Esau's wives.
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Genesis 26:20  (King James Version)
And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him.
 


did strive
21:25

Esek
i.e., Contention.