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Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863)

(contention), a well which the herdsmen of Isaac dug in the valley of Gerar. (Genesis 26:20)

Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

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).

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