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Esek
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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(Hebrew id. עֵשֶׂק, quarrel; Sept. and Vulg. translate Ἀδικία, calumnia, as if reading עשֶׁק ), a well (בְּאֵר ) containing a spring of water, which the herdsmen of Isaac dug in the valley of Gerar, and which received its name because the herdmen of Gerar quarreled הַתְעִשְׁקוּ, wrangled, Sept. ἠδίκησαν, Vulg. evasively, A.V. "strove;" but different from the וִיָּרַיבוּ of the preceding clause, ἐμαχήσαντο , jurgiun fuit, "strove") with him for the possession of it (Genesis 26:20). Isaac seems to have therefore relinquished it. It appears not to have been one of those which Abraham had previously dug (Genesis 26:18; the contest there was a question of title, here of possession). There are still several wells in this vicinity. (See GERAR).
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Esek'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/e/esek.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Esek'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/e/esek.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
