Genesis 26:20 - Exposition

And the herdmen of Gerar — i . e . Abimelech's servants ( Genesis 21:25 )— did strive with Isaac's herdmen ,—as Lot's with those of Abraham ( Genesis 13:7 )— saying, The water is ours :—literally, to us (belong) the waters — and he called the name of the well Esek ("Strife"); because they strove with him —the verb being עָשַׂק , to strive about anything.