Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 26:18-25
18-25 Isaac met with much opposition in digging wells. Two were called Contention and Hatred. See the nature of worldly things; they make quarrels, and are occasions of strife; and what is often the lot of the most quiet and peaceable; those who avoid striving, yet cannot avoid being striven with. And what a mercy it is to have plenty of water; to have it without striving for it! The more common this mercy is, the more reason to be thankful for it. At length Isaac digged a well, for which they... read more
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Genesis 26:23
Beersheba a city to the south of Canaan. read more