Verse 20
Genesis 26:20
New King James Version
20
And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac’s herdmen, saying, The water
is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove 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, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isa...
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And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall te...
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Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed...
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And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these c...
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Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
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And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:
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And the men of the place asked
him of his wife; and he said, She
is my sister: for he feared to say,...
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8
And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines look...
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9
And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she
is
thy wife: and how saidst thou, She...
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10
And Abimelech said, What
is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien w...
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11
And Abimelech charged all
his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be...
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12
Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed hi...
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13
And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:
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14
For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Phili...
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15
For all the wells which his father’s servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Phil...
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And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.
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And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
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And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father;...
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19
And Isaac’s servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.
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20
And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac’s herdmen, saying, The water
is ours: and he called t...
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And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.
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And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the...
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And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba.
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24
And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I
am
the God (Elohim) of Abraham thy fathe...
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25
And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD and pitched his tent there: and...
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26
Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captai...
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And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you...
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And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath b...
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That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but...
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And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.
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And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and the...
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32
And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac’s servants came, and told him concerning the well which...
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33
And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city
is
Beer-sheba unto this day.
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And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bash...
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Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
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