20 But the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen and said, “The water is ours!” So he named the well Esek[a] because they argued with him.(A) 21 Then they dug another well and quarreled over that one also, so he named it Sitnah.[b] 22 He moved from there and dug another, and they did not quarrel over it. He named it Rehoboth[c] and said, “For now the Lord has made space for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.”

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Footnotes

  1. 26:20 = Argument
  2. 26:21 = Hostility
  3. 26:22 = Open Spaces

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