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20 the herders of Gerar quarrelled with Isaac’s herders, saying, ‘The water is ours.’ So he called the well Esek,[a] because they contended with him. 21 Then they dug another well, and they quarrelled over that one also; so he called it Sitnah.[b] 22 He moved from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it; so he called it Rehoboth,[c] saying, ‘Now the Lord has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.’

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 26:20 That is Contention
  2. Genesis 26:21 That is Enmity
  3. Genesis 26:22 That is Broad places or Room

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