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Genesis 26:18-20
International Standard Version
Genesis 26:18-20
International Standard Version
Disputes over Water Rights
18 Isaac re-excavated some wells that his father had first dug during his lifetime, because the Philistines had filled them with sand[a] after Abraham’s death. Isaac[b] renamed those wells with the same names that his father had called them.
19 While Isaac’s servants were digging in the valley, they discovered a well with flowing water. 20 But the herdsmen who lived in Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen. “The water is ours,” they said. As a result, Isaac named the well Esek,[c] for they had fiercely disputed with him about it.
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- Genesis 26:18 The Heb. lacks with sand
- Genesis 26:18 Lit. He
- Genesis 26:20 The Heb. name Esek means disputed
Genesis 26:18-20
New International Version
Genesis 26:18-20
New International Version
18 Isaac reopened the wells(A) that had been dug in the time of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died, and he gave them the same names his father had given them.
19 Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and discovered a well of fresh water there. 20 But the herders of Gerar quarreled(B) with those of Isaac and said, “The water is ours!”(C) So he named the well Esek,[a] because they disputed with him.
Footnotes
- Genesis 26:20 Esek means dispute.
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