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Genesis 26:20-22
International Standard Version
Genesis 26:20-22
International Standard Version
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,[a] for they had fiercely disputed with him about it. 21 When his workers started digging another well, those herdsmen[b] quarreled about that one, too, so Isaac[c] named it Sitnah.[d] 22 Then he left that area and dug still another well. Because they did not quarrel over that one, Isaac[e] named it Rehoboth,[f] because he used to say, “The Lord has enlarged the territory[g] for us. We will prosper in the land.”
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- Genesis 26:20 The Heb. name Esek means disputed
- Genesis 26:21 Lit. well, they
- Genesis 26:21 Lit. he
- Genesis 26:21 The Heb. name Sitnah means strife
- Genesis 26:22 Lit. he
- Genesis 26:22 The Heb. name Rehoboth means wide places
- Genesis 26:22 The Heb. lacks the territory
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