18 And Isaac returning, dug the wells of water, which they had dug in the days of Abraham his father, for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham, and he gave them the same names, that his father gave them.

19 Isaac’s servants then dug in the valley and found there a well of [a]living water.

20 But the herdsmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac’s herdsmen, saying, The water is ours, therefore called he the name of the well [b]Esek, because they were at strife with him.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 26:19 Or, springing.
  2. Genesis 26:20 Or, contention, strife.

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