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.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Genesis 26:20 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
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.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
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.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
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.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
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.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
E os pastores de Gerar brigaram com os pastores de Isaque, dizendo: A água é nossa: por isso chamou o nome do poço Eseque, porque haviam brigado com ele.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Os pastores de Gerar contenderam com os pastores de Isaque, dizendo: "Essa água nos pertence". Por isso, Isaque deu ao poço o nome Eseque, pois disputaram por causa dele.
📖 Genesis 26:20 in Context
18And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.
19And Isaac’s servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.
20And 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.
21And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.
22And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the Lord hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.
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