Esek] 'contention.' Sitnah] 'Enmity.' Rehoboth] 'enlargement,' i.e. room to settle.
26-31. Isaac and Abimelech make a covenant to abstain mutually from aggressions.
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Genesis 26:20-22
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;e because they strove with him.
21 And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.f
22 And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth;g and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.