Bible Location
Meaning: contention · 1 cross reference · Modern-day map available
Esek was the well Isaac's servants named because of quarrelling in the Gerar valley. It is important because it preserves a moment where scarcity, conflict, and patience shape the patriarchal story. First appears in Gen 26:20.1
Place meaning
contention
Coordinates
31.39, 34.56
First appears
Gen 26:20
AI summary: Esek matters because ordinary struggles over water become moral and theological episodes in Genesis. The well is remembered through contention, restraint, and the search for peaceable space.1
Place meaning
contention
Latitude
31.39
Longitude
34.56
Bible references
1
Quarrel, a well which Isaac’s herdsmen dug in the valley of Gerar, and so called because the herdsmen of Gerar quarrelled with them for its possession (Gen. 26:20). 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
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Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.