Genesis 26:20
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.
Genesis 26:20 in other translations
| BSB | But the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen and said, “The water is ours!” So he named the well Esek, because they contended with him. |
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| WEB | The herdsmen of Gerar argued with Isaac’s herdsmen, saying, “The water is ours.” So he called the name of the well Esek, because they contended with him. |
| ASV | And the herdsmen of Gerar strove with Isaac’s herdsmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek, because they contended with him. |
| YLT | and shepherds of Gerar strive with shepherds of Isaac, saying, ‘The water is ours;' and he calleth the name of the well ‘Strife,' because they have striven habitually with him; |
| DARBY | 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. |
| BBE | But the herdmen of Gerar had a fight with Isaac's herdmen, for they said, The spring is ours: so he gave the spring the name of Esek, because there was a fight about it. |
| Webster | And the herdmen of Gerar contended with Isaac's herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him. |
What does Genesis 26:20 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 26:18-22
18-22. Isaac digged again the wells of water--The naming of wells by Abraham, and the hereditary right of his family to the property, the change of the names by the Philistines to obliterate the traces of their origin, the restoration of the names by Isaac, and the contests between the respective shepherds to the exclusive possession of the water, are circumstances that occur among the natives in those regions as…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 26:18-25
Isaac met with much opposition in digging wells. Two were called Contention and Hatred. See the nature of worldly things; they make quarrels, and are occasions of strife; and what is often the lot of the most quiet and peaceable; those who avoid striving, yet cannot avoid being striven with. And what a mercy it is to have plenty of water; to have it without striving for it! The more common this mercy is, the more…
Genesis 26:20 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 26:20
- Genesis 21:25
And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.
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Esek. i.e., Contention.
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Context
- Genesis 26:19
And Isaac’s servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.
- Genesis 26:20
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.
- Genesis 26:21
And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.
Genesis 26:20 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y los pastores de Gerar riñeron con los pastores de Isaac, diciendo: El agua es nuestra: por eso llamó el nombre del pozo Esek, porque habían altercado con él. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et les bergers de Guérar contestèrent avec les bergers d’Isaac, disant: L’eau est à nous. Et il appela le nom du puits Ések, parce qu’ils s’étaient disputés avec lui. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Da haderten die Hirten von Gerar mit den Hirten Isaaks und sprachen: Das Wasser ist unser! Und er gab dem Brunnen den Namen Esek, weil sie mit ihm gezankt hatten. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Sed et ibi jurgium fuit pastorum Geraræ adversus pastores Isaac, dicentium: Nostra est aqua, quam ob rem nomen putei ex eo, quod acciderat, vocavit Calumniam. |