Genesis 26:20

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the herdsmen of Gerar strove with Yitsḥaq’s herdsmen, saying, “The water is ours.” And he called the name of the well Ěseq, because they strove with him.

Cross References

Genesis 13:7

And there was strife between the herdsmen of Aḇram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. And at that time the Kena‛anites and the Perizzites dwelt in the land.

Genesis 21:25

And Aḇraham reproved Aḇimeleḵ because of a well of water which Aḇimeleḵ’s servants had seized.

Genesis 26:19

But when Yitsḥaq’s servants dug in the wadi and found a well of running water there,

Genesis 26:21

And they dug another well, and they strove over that one too, and he called its name Sitnah.

Genesis 46:34

“that you shall say, ‘Your servants have been men of livestock from our youth even till now, both we and also our fathers,’ so that you dwell in the land of Goshen, for every shepherd is an abomination to the Mitsrites.