Genesis 26:20

And the herdme of Gerar dyd stryue with Isaacs herdme saynge: the water is oures Than called he the well Eseck because they stroue with hym.

William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)

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

19As Isaacs seruautes dygged in the valey they founde a well of springynge water.

21Than dygged they another well and they stroue for yt also. Therfore called he it Sitena.

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Cross References

Genesis 21:25And Abraham rebuked Abimelech for a well of water which Abimelech servauntes had taken awaye.

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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