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20 the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen, saying, “The water is ours!” So Isaac named the well Esek (quarreling), because they quarreled with him. 21 Then his servants dug another well, and they quarreled over that also, so Isaac named it Sitnah (enmity). 22 He moved away from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over that one; so he named it Rehoboth (broad places), saying, “For now the Lord has made [a]room for us, and we shall be [b]prosperous in the land.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 26:22 I.e. broad places.
  2. Genesis 26:22 Lit fruitful.

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