Genesis 26:20

And the shepherds of Gerar strove with the shepherds of Izhak, saying, The water is ours; and he called the name of the well Contention, because they had contended with him.

Targum Onkelos

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

19And the servants of Izhak digged in the valley, and found there a well of flowing waters.

21And they digged another well, and they strove also on account of it, and he called the name of it Hatred.

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Cross References

Genesis 21:25And Abraham reproved Abimelek, on account of the well of waters which the servants of Abimelek had taken by force.

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 →

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