Verse 20
Genesis 26:20
Darby Translation
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But the shepherds of Gerar strove with Isaac's shepherds, saying, The water is ours. And he called the name of the well Esek, because they had quarrelled with him.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יָּרִ֜יבוּ רֹעֵ֣י גְרָ֗ר עִם רֹעֵ֥י יִצְחָ֛ק לֵ/אמֹ֖ר לָ֣/נוּ הַ/מָּ֑יִם וַ/יִּקְרָ֤א שֵֽׁם הַ/בְּאֵר֙ עֵ֔שֶׂק כִּ֥י הִֽתְעַשְּׂק֖וּ עִמּֽ/וֹ
English Translation
And the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with the herdsmen of Isaac, saying, "The water is ours." And he called the name of the well Esek because they contended with him.
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Chapter 26 Context
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And there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine which had been in the days of Abraham....
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And Jehovah appeared to him and said, Go not down to Egypt: dwell in the land that I shall tell thee...
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Sojourn in this land; and I will be with thee and bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I wi...
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And I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and unto thy seed will I give all these countri...
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because that Abraham hearkened to my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my...
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And Isaac dwelt at Gerar.
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And the men of the place asked about his wife. And he said, She is my sister; for he feared to say,...
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And it came to pass when he had been there some time, that Abimelech the king of the Philistines loo...
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Then Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, she is certainly thy wife; and how saidst thou, She i...
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And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done to us? But a little and one of the people might have...
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And Abimelech charged all the people, saying, He that touches this man or his wife shall certainly b...
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And Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year a hundredfold; and Jehovah blessed him.
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And the man became great, and he became continually greater, until he was very great.
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And he had possessions of flocks, and possessions of herds, and a great number of servants; and the...
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And all the wells that his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philisti...
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And Abimelech said to Isaac, Go from us; for thou art become much mightier than we.
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And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his camp in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
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And Isaac dug again the wells of water that they had dug in the days of Abraham his father, and that...
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And Isaac's servants dug in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.
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But the shepherds of Gerar strove with Isaac's shepherds, saying, The water is ours. And he called t...
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And they dug another well, and they strove for that also; and he called the name of it Sitnah.
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And he removed thence and dug another well; and they did not strive for that. And he called the name...
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And he went up thence to Beer-sheba.
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And Jehovah appeared to him the same night, and said, I am the God (Elohim) of Abraham thy father: f...
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And he built an altar there, and called upon the name of Jehovah. And he pitched his tent there; and...
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And Abimelech, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phichol the captain of his host, went to him from Gerar.
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And Isaac said to them, Why are ye come to me, seeing ye hate me, and have driven me away from you?
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And they said, We saw certainly that Jehovah is with thee; and we said, Let there be then an oath be...
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that thou wilt do us no wrong, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done to thee nothing but...
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And he made them a feast, and they ate and drank.
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And they rose early in the morning, and swore one to another; and Isaac sent them away, and they dep...
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And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well that...
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And he called it Shebah; therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba to this day.
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And Esau was forty years old, when he took as wives Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Ba...
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And they were a grief of mind to Isaac and to Rebecca.
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