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20 And the herdsmen of Gerar (A)contended with the herdsmen of Isaac, saying, “The water is ours!” So he named the well [a]Esek, because they quarreled with him. 21 Then they dug another well, and they contended over it also, so he called it [b]Sitnah. 22 Then he moved away from there and dug another well, and they did not contend over it; so he named it [c]Rehoboth, and he said, “[d](B)At last Yahweh has made [e]room for us, and we will be (C)fruitful in the land.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 26:20 Contention
  2. Genesis 26:21 Enmity
  3. Genesis 26:22 Broad places
  4. Genesis 26:22 Lit Truly now
  5. Genesis 26:22 Or broad