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Selected Verse: Genesis 26:20 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Ge 26:20 |
Strong Concordance |
And the herdmen [07462] of Gerar [01642] did strive [07378] with Isaac's [03327] herdmen [07462], saying [0559], The water [04325] is ours: and he called [07121] the name [08034] of the well [0875] Esek [06230]; because they strove [06229] with him. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
name of the well
The wells of Genesis have significant names, and are associated with significant events:
(1) Beer-lahai-roi, the well of him that liveth and seeth me (Gen 16:14); (Gen 24:62); (Gen 25:11).
(2) Beer-sheba, the well of the oath or covenant (Gen 21:15-33); (Gen 22:19); (Gen 26:23-25); (Gen 46:1-5).
(3) Esek, contention (Gen 26:20).
(4) Sitnah, hatred (Gen 26:21). Esek and Sitnah were Isaac's own attempts at well-digging. Afterward, he dwelt by the old wells of his father.
(5) Rehoboth, enlargement (Gen 26:22). |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
Esek - That is, contention. |
22 And he removed [06275] from thence, and digged [02658] another [0312] well [0875]; and for that they strove [07378] not: and he called [07121] the name of it [08034] Rehoboth [07344]; and he said [0559], For now [06258] the LORD [03068] hath made room [07337] for us, and we shall be fruitful [06509] in the land [0776].
21 And they digged [02658] another [0312] well [0875], and strove [07378] for that also: and he called [07121] the name of it [08034] Sitnah [07856].
20 And the herdmen [07462] of Gerar [01642] did strive [07378] with Isaac's [03327] herdmen [07462], saying [0559], The water [04325] is ours: and he called [07121] the name [08034] of the well [0875] Esek [06230]; because they strove [06229] with him.
1 And Israel [03478] took his journey [05265] with all that he had, and came [0935] to Beersheba [0884], and offered [02076] sacrifices [02077] unto the God [0430] of his father [01] Isaac [03327].
2 And God [0430] spake [0559] unto Israel [03478] in the visions [04759] of the night [03915], and said [0559], Jacob [03290], Jacob [03290]. And he said [0559], Here am I.
3 And he said [0559], I am God [0410], the God [0430] of thy father [01]: fear [03372] not to go down [03381] into Egypt [04714]; for I will there make [07760] of thee a great [01419] nation [01471]:
4 I will go down [03381] with thee into Egypt [04714]; and I will also surely [05927] bring thee up [05927] again: and Joseph [03130] shall put [07896] his hand [03027] upon thine eyes [05869].
5 And Jacob [03290] rose up [06965] from Beersheba [0884]: and the sons [01121] of Israel [03478] carried [05375] Jacob [03290] their father [01], and their little ones [02945], and their wives [0802], in the wagons [05699] which Pharaoh [06547] had sent [07971] to carry [05375] him.
23 And he went up [05927] from thence to Beersheba [0884].
24 And the LORD [03068] appeared [07200] unto him the same night [03915], and said [0559], I am the God [0430] of Abraham [085] thy father [01]: fear [03372] not, for I am with [0854] thee, and will bless [01288] thee, and multiply [07235] thy seed [02233] for my servant [05650] Abraham's [085] sake.
25 And he builded [01129] an altar [04196] there, and called [07121] upon the name [08034] of the LORD [03068], and pitched [05186] his tent [0168] there: and there Isaac's [03327] servants [05650] digged [03738] a well [0875].
19 So Abraham [085] returned [07725] unto his young men [05288], and they rose up [06965] and went [03212] together [03162] to Beersheba [0884]; and Abraham [085] dwelt [03427] at Beersheba [0884].
15 And the water [04325] was spent [03615] in [04480] the bottle [02573], and she cast [07993] the child [03206] under one [0259] of the shrubs [07880].
16 And she went [03212], and sat her down [03427] over against [05048] him a good way off [07368], as it were a bowshot [02909] [07198]: for she said [0559], Let me not see [07200] the death [04194] of the child [03206]. And she sat [03427] over against him, and lift up [05375] her voice [06963], and wept [01058].
17 And God [0430] heard [08085] the voice [06963] of the lad [05288]; and the angel [04397] of God [0430] called [07121] to Hagar [01904] out of heaven [08064], and said [0559] unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar [01904]? fear [03372] not; for God [0430] hath heard [08085] the voice [06963] of the lad [05288] where he is.
18 Arise [06965], lift up [05375] the lad [05288], and hold [02388] him in thine hand [03027]; for I will make [07760] him a great [01419] nation [01471].
19 And God [0430] opened [06491] her eyes [05869], and she saw [07200] a well [0875] of water [04325]; and she went [03212], and filled [04390] the bottle [02573] with water [04325], and gave [08248] the lad [05288] drink [08248].
20 And God [0430] was with the lad [05288]; and he grew [01431], and dwelt [03427] in the wilderness [04057], and became an archer [07235] [07199].
21 And he dwelt [03427] in the wilderness [04057] of Paran [06290]: and his mother [0517] took [03947] him a wife [0802] out of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714].
22 And it came to pass at that time [06256], that Abimelech [040] and Phichol [06369] the chief captain [08269] of his host [06635] spake [0559] unto Abraham [085], saying [0559], God [0430] is with thee in all that thou doest [06213]:
23 Now therefore swear [07650] unto me here [02008] by God [0430] that thou wilt not deal falsely [08266] with me, nor with my son [05209], nor with my son's son [05220]: but according to the kindness [02617] that I have done [06213] unto thee, thou shalt do [06213] unto me, and to the land [0776] wherein thou hast sojourned [01481].
24 And Abraham [085] said [0559], I will swear [07650].
25 And Abraham [085] reproved [03198] Abimelech [040] because [0182] of a well [0875] of water [04325], which Abimelech's [040] servants [05650] had violently taken away [01497].
26 And Abimelech [040] said [0559], I wot [03045] not who hath done [06213] this thing [01697]: neither [03808] didst thou tell [05046] me, neither [03808] yet heard [08085] I of it, but [01115] to day [03117].
27 And Abraham [085] took [03947] sheep [06629] and oxen [01241], and gave [05414] them unto Abimelech [040]; and both of them [08147] made [03772] a covenant [01285].
28 And Abraham [085] set [05324] seven [07651] ewe lambs [03535] of the flock [06629] by themselves.
29 And Abimelech [040] said [0559] unto Abraham [085], What [02008] mean these seven [07651] ewe lambs [03535] which thou hast set [05324] by themselves?
30 And he said [0559], For these seven [07651] ewe lambs [03535] shalt thou take [03947] of my hand [03027], that [05668] they may be a witness [05713] unto me, that I have digged [02658] this well [0875].
31 Wherefore he called [07121] that place [04725] Beersheba [0884]; because there they sware [07650] both of them [08147].
32 Thus they made [03772] a covenant [01285] at Beersheba [0884]: then Abimelech [040] rose up [06965], and Phichol [06369] the chief captain [08269] of his host [06635], and they returned [07725] into the land [0776] of the Philistines [06430].
33 And Abraham planted [05193] a grove [0815] in Beersheba [0884], and called [07121] there on the name [08034] of the LORD [03068], the everlasting [05769] God [0410].
11 And it came to pass after [0310] the death [04194] of Abraham [085], that God [0430] blessed [01288] his son [01121] Isaac [03327]; and Isaac [03327] dwelt [03427] by [05973] the well Lahairoi [0883].
62 And Isaac [03327] came [0935] from the way [0935] of the well Lahairoi [0883]; for he dwelt [03427] in the south [05045] country [0776].
14 Wherefore the well [0875] was called [07121] Beerlahairoi [0883] [02416]; behold, it is between Kadesh [06946] and Bered [01260].