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.
KJV
Sed et ibi jurgium fuit pastorum Geraræ adversus pastores Isaac, dicentium : Nostra est aqua, quam ob rem nomen putei ex eo, quod acciderat, vocavit Calumniam.
Vulgate
καὶ ἐμαχέσαντο οἱ ποιμένες Γεράρων μετὰ τῶν ποιμένων Ἰσαάκ, φάσκοντες αὐτῶν εἶναι τὸ ὕδωρ· καὶ ἐκάλεσεν τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ φρέατος ἐκείνου Ἀδικία· ἠδίκησαν γὰρ αὐτόν.
LXX
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.
ASV
וַ/יָּרִ֜יבוּ רֹעֵ֣י גְרָ֗ר עִם רֹעֵ֥י יִצְחָ֛ק לֵ/אמֹ֖ר לָ֣/נוּ הַ/מָּ֑יִם וַ/יִּקְרָ֤א שֵֽׁם הַ/בְּאֵר֙ עֵ֔שֶׂק כִּ֥י הִֽתְעַשְּׂק֖וּ עִמּֽ/וֹ
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Cross-references
- Gen 13:7 — And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdmen of Lot’s cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.
- Gen 21:25 — And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.
- Judg 5:11 — They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the LORD, even the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of his villag