20<\/strong>. Esek<\/em> ] That is, Contention<\/em>. LXX ; Lat. Calumnia<\/em>. In this and the two following verses we have popular tradition as to the origin of the names of wells in the region associated with the sojournings of the patriarch.<\/p>\n The water is ours, <\/B>because digged in our soil; which was no good argument, because he digged it by their consent or permission at his own charge, and for his own use. <\/P> <\/p>\n And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac’s herdmen<\/strong>,…. About the well which was dug in the valley; and this shows it was near Gerar or at least was upon the border of the country, and so it was a disputable point to whom it belonged:<\/p>\n saying, the water [is] ours<\/strong>; though the well was dug by Isaac’s servants, yet they laid claim to the water, pretending it was their ground, being on their borders:<\/p>\n and he called the name of the well Esek<\/strong>: which signifies “contention”: the reason of the name follows,<\/p>\n because they strove with him<\/strong>; wrangled, contended, and disputed with him about whose right it was.<\/p>\n 20-22<\/strong>. <\/strong> Esek Sitnah Rehoboth <\/strong> These appear to have been new wells digged, in addition to the old ones re-opened, and the names mean, respectively, Strife, Opposition, <\/em> (from the same root as Satan,<\/em>) and Broad Places, Room<\/em> .<\/em> <\/em> The name of Rehoboth <\/strong> still lingers in the wady er-Ruhaibeh, <\/em> some twenty-three miles south of Beer-sheba, where Robinson found extensive ruins. Later travellers claim to have found the well, but their reports are conflicting.<\/p>\n Esek means contention<\/p>\n Gen 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.<\/p>\n Ver. 20. And the herdmen of Gerar.<\/strong> ] Not content to have cast him out, they pursued him, with cruel hatred; and, by denying him water, went about to destroy both him and his herds. Crosses seldom come single, but in a crowd. Jam 1:2 “The clouds return after the rain,” Ecc 12:2 and cluster against a new storm. See, therefore, that ye keep your cloak close about you.<\/p>\n Esek. Hebrew strife or contention. <\/p>\n name of the well <\/p>\n The wells of Genesis have significant names, and are associated with significant events: <\/p>\n (1) Beer-lahai-roi, the well of him that liveth and seeth me Gen 16:14; Gen 24:62; Gen 25:11. <\/p>\n (2) Beer-sheba, the well of the oath or covenant Gen 21:15-33; Gen 22:19; Gen 26:23-25; Gen 46:1-5. <\/p>\n (3) Esek, contention Gen 26:20. <\/p>\n (4) Sitnah, hatred Gen 26:21. Esek and Sitnah were Isaac’s own attempts at well-digging. Afterward, he dwelt by the old wells of his father. <\/p>\n (5) Rehoboth, enlargement Gen 26:22. <\/p>\n did strive: Gen 21:25 <\/p>\n Esek: i.e. Contention <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Gen 13:7 – a strife Gen 20:1 – Gerar Jdg 5:11 – in the places 1Sa 21:7 – herdmen<\/p>\n And the herdsmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac’s herdsmen, saying, The water [is] ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him. 20. Esek ] That is, Contention. LXX ; Lat. Calumnia. In this and the two following verses we have popular tradition as to the origin of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 26:20”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/721\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Scofield Reference Bible Notes<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"