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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia · 1915

Esek

e'-sek (eseq; Septuagint Adikia):

The name given by Isaac to a well dug by his servants, for the use of which the herdsmen of Gerar strove with them-- "contention" (Genesis 26:20). It lay in the neighborhood of Rehoboth and Gerar:

but the site is not identified.

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, James Orr, general editor (Chicago: Howard-Severance, 1915). Public domain. Text as published by biblestudytools.com. From the Encyclosphere, the open network of encyclopedias run by the Knowledge Standards Foundation.