Genesis 26:20

The herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen, saying, “The water is ours.” So he called the name of the well Esek, because they contended with him.

Open English Bible (US)

In The 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.

In Context

19When Isaac’s slaves dug in the valley, they found there a well of spring water.

21And when they dug another well, they quarreled over that also. So he called the name of it Sitnah.

Read all of Genesis 26

Cross References

Genesis 21:25Now as often as Abraham complained to Abimelech because of the well of water which Abimelech’s servants had seized,

Matthew Henry on Genesis 26:13-26

Isaac's Removal to Beersheba. ( b. c. 1804.) 12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the Lord blessed him: 13 And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great: 14 For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him. 15 For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth. 16 And… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Genesis 26:20